Astronomical Tables and Formulć Together with a Variety of Problems Explanatory of Their Use and Application: To which are Prefixed the Elements of the Solar System

R. Taylor, 1827 - Astronomy - 267 pages

Sun page	3

Planets	6

Mercury	9

Venus	13

Earth	16

For the reduction to the meridian second part page 164	20

Mars	28

Vesta	31

For converting mean solar into sidereal time	133

Dr Brinkleys Refractions	143

Altitude of a star when on the prime vertical	158

to 1900	165

Lunar Nutation of Longitude and of Obliquity of the ecliptic	166

Solar Nutation of Longitude and of Obliquity of the ecliptic	168

Selenographic positions of the principal lunar spots	169

Angle of the Vertical and Logarithm of the earths radius	170

Juno	32

Ceres	33

Pallas	34

Jupiter	35

Saturn	38

Uranus	41

Satellites	43

Moon	44

Satellites of Jupiter	55

Satellites of Saturn	58

Ring of Saturn	59

Satellites of Uranus	61

Recapitulation	62

General analytical expressions for the sides and angles	77

Trigonometrical series	84

For computing the time c from single altitudes	90

For computing the Moons parallax in Altitude	96

FORMULE	98

Augmentation of the moons semidiameter	171

Logarithms to be used with the 1st 2nd and 3rd differences of the moons place	172

Annual precession of the equinoxes in Longitude and the constants for AR and D	173

For aberration of a star in AR and first part of do in Dec	175

For Lunar Nutation of a star in R and D	176

For Solar Nutation of a star in A and D	177

Circular arcs	178

Semidiurnal arcs	180

Length of a degree of Longitude and Latitude and of the Pendulum	181

Expansion of various substances	182

For measuring heights by the barometer	183

For converting hours minutes and seconds into decimals of a day	184

For converting minutes and seconds into decimals of a degree	185

For converting any day into the decimal part of a year	186

For converting the centesimal division of the quadrant into the sexagesimal	188

For converting Fahrenheits scale of the thermometer into Reaumurs and the Centesimal	191

PROBLEMS	217

Title	Astronomical Tables and Formulć Together with a Variety of Problems Explanatory of Their Use and Application: To which are Prefixed the Elements of the Solar System
Author	Francis Baily
Publisher	R. Taylor, 1827
Original from	Oxford University
Digitized	Feb 27, 2009
Length	267 pages

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