 | 1754 - 670 páginas
...the end of «liith he had the latisfactior. to ièe, that the (tars returned into the Line politions again, as if there had been no alteration at all in the inclination of the earth's ax s : which fully convinced him that he had j<u, ltd rightly as to the caufe of the phenomena. "1... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1809 - 738 páginas
...nodes; at the end of which I had the satisfaction to see that the stars returned into the same positions again ; as if there had been no alteration at all in the inclination of the -earth's axis: which fully convinced me that I had guessed rightly as to the cause of the phenomena. This circumstance proves... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 378 páginas
...nodes; at the end of which I had the satisfaction to see, that the stars returned into the same position again; as if there had been no alteration at all in the inclination of the earth's axis; which fully convinced me that I had guessed rightly as to the cause of the phenomena. This circumstance proves... | |
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I found it necessary to continue my observations through a whole period of the moon's nodes; at the end of which I had the satisfaction to see that the stars returned into the same positions again ; as if there had been no alteration at all in the inclination... 