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PRACTICAL TALKS BY AN ASTRONOMER . NAVIGATION AT SEA A SHORT time ago the writer had occasion to rummage among the archives of the Royal Astronomical Society in London, to consult, if possible) the original manuscripts left by one ~tephen Groombridge, an English astronomer of the good old days, who died in 1832. I t was known that they had been filed away about a generation ago, by the late Sir George .l.iry, who was Astronomer Royal of England between the years 1835 and 1881. After a long search, a large and dusty box was found and opened. I t was filled with documents, of which the topmost was in Sir George's own handwriting, and began substantially as follows: " List of articles within this box. (( No. I) This list, UN o. 2" e t c., e tc".
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CONTENTS; NAVIGATION AT SEA; THE PLEIADES; THE POLE-STAR •; v NEBULlE; TEMPORARY STARS •; GALILEO; •; THE PLANET OF 1898 ; How TO MAKE A SUN-DIAL; PHOTOGRAPHY IN ASTRONOMY; TIME STANDARDS OF THE WORLD; MOTIONS OF THE EARTH'S POI_E; __ SATURN'S RINGS •; THE HELIOMETER; OCCULTATIONS; MOUNTING GR~AT TELESCOPES •; THE ASTRONOMER'S POLE; - THE MOON HOAX •; _ THE SUN'S DESTINATION •; PAGE; I; 10; 18; ,2 7"'-; • ·37; 47~; 58; 69; 81; • I I I "'"; · 131; · 140; · 152; · 16; · 170; · 184; · 199 t•; 210 '-'
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