 Bradley's discoveries of the aberration of light and the nutation of the earth's axis, the photographic measurement of the heavens, Schwabe's work on the sunspot period, and Mr.  Gloucestershire Biographical Notes - Pagina 109door Joseph Stratford - 1887 - 360 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1830 - 622 pagina’s
...refined and powerful analysis, for which tli • world is also indebted to his genius. By the discovery of the aberration of light, and the nutation of the earth's axis, Bradley may be said to have completed the edifice, and to have left nothing; for his successors to... | |
 | 1873 - 612 pagina’s
...1725, the Rev. James Bradley made the first observations which led to his two great discoveries — the aberration of light, and the nutation of the earth's axis. The telescope he used had been erected by Samuel Molyneux, Esq., in a house which afterwards became a Royal... | |
 | 1825 - 506 pagina’s
...experiments on the pole star, but the results which he attributed to parallax were explained by Bradley's great discoveries of the aberration of light, and the nutation of the earth's axis ; and it is remarkable that Hooke reasoned correctly on inaccurate observations, whilst Flamstead formed... | |
 | 1825 - 506 pagina’s
...experiments on the pole star, but the results which he attributed to parallax were explained by Bradley's great discoveries of the aberration of light, and the nutation of the earth's axis ; and it is remarkable that Hooke reasoned correctly on inaccurate observations, whilst Flamstead formed... | |
 | Sir Humphry Davy - 1827 - 174 pagina’s
...experiments on the pole star, but the results which he ascribed to parallax, were explained by Bradley's great discoveries of the aberration of light, and the nutation of the earth's axis ; and it is remarkable that Hooke reasoned correctly on inaccurate observations, while Flamstead formed... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 824 pagina’s
...zenith sector, with which Dr. Bradley made those observations at Kew and Wanstead, which led to the discoveries of the aberration of light, and the nutation of the earth's axis. South of the quadrant room is a wooden building for making occasional observations in any direction,... | |
 | Charles Frederick Partington - 1834 - 682 pagina’s
...famous zenith sector, with which Bradley made the observations at Kew and Wanstead, that led to the discoveries of the aberration of light, and the nutation of the earth's axis. South of the quadrant room is a small wooden building for making occasional observations in any direction,... | |
 | 1837 - 650 pagina’s
...famous zenith sector, with which Bradley made the observations at Kew and Wanstead, that led to the discoveries of the aberration of light, and the nutation of the earth's axis. South of the quadrant room is a small wooden building for making1 occasional observations in any direction,... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1838 - 822 pagina’s
...British Association. By the Rev. TR ROBINSON, DD IT is now a century since Bradley, by his brilliant discoveries of the aberration of light, and the nutation of the earth's axis, became the founder of accurate astronomy. By them he not merely explained the seemingly anomalous movements... | |
 | 1838 - 520 pagina’s
...a sketch of the commencement of accurate astronomy, under the auspices of Bradley, by his brilliant discoveries of the aberration of light and the nutation of the earth's axis, demonstrating, that a degree of precision until then deemed unattainable in astronomical observations,... | |
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