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Tables of the moon : constructed from Plana's theory, with Airy's and Longstreth's corrections, Hansen's two inequalities of long period arising from the action of Venus, and Hansen's values of the secular variations of the mean motion and of the motion of the perigee. Arranged in a form designed by Professor Benjamin Pierce, consulting astronomer, for the use of the Nautical almanac. Under the superintendence of Charles Henry Davis, lieut. United States navy ; and published under the authority of the Hon. John P. Kennedy, secretary of the navy.

Title
Tables of the moon : constructed from Plana's theory, with Airy's and Longstreth's corrections, Hansen's two inequalities of long period arising from the action of Venus, and Hansen's values of the secular variations of the mean motion and of the motion of the perigee. Arranged in a form designed by Professor Benjamin Pierce, consulting astronomer, for the use of the Nautical almanac. Under the superintendence of Charles Henry Davis, lieut. United States navy ; and published under the authority of the Hon. John P. Kennedy, secretary of the navy.
Author
United States Naval Observatory. Nautical Almanac Office.
Publication
Washington : Printed for the use of the Nautical almanac, 1853.

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no. 1-16TextUse in library OAP+ p.v. 24 no. 1-16Schwarzman Building M2 - General Research Room 315

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Additional Authors
  • Peirce, Benjamin, 1809-1880.
  • Davis, Charles Henry, 1807-1877.
Description
326 pages; 30 cm
Subject
Note
  • On verso of t.p.: Cambridge, Metcalf and company, stereotypers and printers.
Call Number
OSI+ p.v. 2, no. 9
LCCN
06038979
OCLC
10645242
Author
United States Naval Observatory. Nautical Almanac Office.
Title
Tables of the moon : constructed from Plana's theory, with Airy's and Longstreth's corrections, Hansen's two inequalities of long period arising from the action of Venus, and Hansen's values of the secular variations of the mean motion and of the motion of the perigee. Arranged in a form designed by Professor Benjamin Pierce, consulting astronomer, for the use of the Nautical almanac. Under the superintendence of Charles Henry Davis, lieut. United States navy ; and published under the authority of the Hon. John P. Kennedy, secretary of the navy.
Imprint
Washington : Printed for the use of the Nautical almanac, 1853.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Added Author
Peirce, Benjamin, 1809-1880.
Davis, Charles Henry, 1807-1877.
Research Call Number
OAP+ p.v. 24, no. 18
OSI+ p.v. 2, no. 9
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