Robert Stanwell Ball

A Treatise on Spherical Astronomy

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Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1908, this monograph by Sir Robert Stawell Ball (1840-1913) is a technical introduction to spherical astronomy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 524
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 731g
• ISBN-13: 9781108064354
• ISBN-10: 1108064353
• Artikelnr.: 39303787

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Fundamental formulae
2. The use of spherical coordinates
3. The figure of the earth and map making
4. The celestial sphere
5. Right ascension and declination
6. Atmospheric reflection
7. Kepler's and Newton's laws and their application
8. Precession and nutation
9. Sidereal time and mean time
10. The sun's apparent annual motion
11. The aberration of light
12. The geocentric parallax of the moon
13. The geocentric parallax of the sun
14. On the transit of a planet across the sun
15. The annual parallax of stars
16. Eclipses of the moon
17. Eclipses of the sun
18. Occultation of stars by the moon
19. Problems involving sun or moon
20. Planetary phenomena
21. The generalized instrument
22. The fundamental instruments of the observatory
Index and glossary.