Ten Years' Work of a Mountain Observatory: A Brief Account of the Mount Wilson Solar Observatory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington (Classic Reprint) - Rilegato

Hale, George Ellery

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ISBN 10: 0483616818 ISBN 13: 9780483616813

Casa editrice: Forgotten Books, 2018

Riassunto

Excerpt from Ten Years' Work of a Mountain Observatory: A Brief Account of the Mount Wilson Solar Observatory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington

It was Newton who first pointed out the impor tance of making astronomical observations from a mountain top: For the Air through which we look upon the Stars, is in a perpetual Tremor; as may be seen by the tremulous Motion of Shadows cast from high Towers, and by the twinkling of the fix'd stars. The only remedy is a most serene and quiet Air, such as may perhaps be found on the tops of the highest Mountains above the grosser Clouds. (optic/er, third edition, p.

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• Editore: Forgotten Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0483616818
• ISBN 13: 9780483616813
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 104
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