 ... in order to determine their distance, he obtained unquestionable evidence of the mutual relation of some of these pairs. His son, and other observers, followed in the same track, and at length W.  The Intellectual Observer - Page 1451862Full view - About this book
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1862 - 604 pages
...research, and in 1782 published the first of aseries of catalogues containing in all about five hundred stars ; but it was not till the beginning of the present century that, in seeking for the parallax of the stars in order to determine their distance, he obtained unquestionable evidence of the mutual relation... | |
 | Science - 1862 - 558 pages
...and common to both individuals, that a very large proportion of double stars are ascertained to bo mutually dependent systems. The study of these interesting...observers, followed in the same track, and at length \V . Struve, then at Dorpat, but subsequently Director of the Imperial Observatory at Poulkova, near... | |
 | 1869 - 590 pages
...Henry Foster, and others, had made contributions towards a 'Life of Leighton ' during last century ; but it was not till the beginning of the present century that Dr. Jerment's work appeared. Pearson and Aikman came after him ; and at present there is a ' Life '... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - Evangelical Revival - 1882 - 346 pages
...where he landed 10th March, 1797. In May following he proceeded to the military station of Barackpore. But it was not till the beginning of the present century that he fairly developed his plans for the extension of the Redoemer's Kingdom in India. — From Memoirs... | |
 | J. Gordon Mowat, John Alexander Cooper, Newton MacTavish - Canada - 1893 - 722 pages
...held in contempt, so was his work. The seventeenth century saw some attention paid to agriculture; but it was not till the beginning of the present century that British agriculture passed from the stage of mere delving to that of a pursuit progressive, and more... | |
 | Medicine - 1895 - 622 pages
...Italy, Sommering of Germany, Vic 'd'Azyr and Rolando of France added much to our knowledge of the brain. But it was not till the beginning of the present century that real advancement in this department of anatomy began. About this time Reil pointed out the arrangement... | |
 | 1862 - 970 pages
...colored glass, human teeth, teeth from neat cattle, from the elephant and hippopotamus, have been used, but it was not till the beginning of the present century that an ingenious Frenchman hit upon the expedient of manufacturing teeth from the materials of which they... | |
 | Homeopathy - 1865 - 568 pages
...prosecutions for infanticide, ' Soon after this period the science found its way into France and Italy; but it was not till the beginning of the present century that it began to awaken the attention of British physicians. The first course of lectures on this science,... | |
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