The Observatory, Volume 56Editors of the Observatory, 1933 Some vols. for 1886- include a special issue: Annual companion to the Observatory. |
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Page 128
... equations Gλg to mean that the length of a measuring rod at a point is a constant fraction of the radius of curvature R of ( empty ) space time at that point . Since the wave equation for an atom gives the size of the latter , it must ...
... equations Gλg to mean that the length of a measuring rod at a point is a constant fraction of the radius of curvature R of ( empty ) space time at that point . Since the wave equation for an atom gives the size of the latter , it must ...
Page 189
... equation giving the saturated adiabatic lapse - rate is derived as an energy equation , and a slight approxima- tion makes it possible to reduce this to a form suitable for direct computation . The results obtained are repre- sented ...
... equation giving the saturated adiabatic lapse - rate is derived as an energy equation , and a slight approxima- tion makes it possible to reduce this to a form suitable for direct computation . The results obtained are repre- sented ...
Page 218
... equations , to have any density distribution along the polar axis and any other along an equatorial axis , with any ... equation of state " which is independent of any theory of the properties of stellar material . If we can approximate ...
... equations , to have any density distribution along the polar axis and any other along an equatorial axis , with any ... equation of state " which is independent of any theory of the properties of stellar material . If we can approximate ...
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