 | Charles Babbage - 1851 - 340 페이지
...result of my own observations, and especially to point out the facts that have come to light to confirm them. These, if they do not open the eyes of some,...avocation.* § In 1829 Sir James South was elected President * Sir James South, in conjunction with Sir John Herschel, completed the examination of 380 double and... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1852 - 550 페이지
...South, whose observatory and whose house were hospitably open to every cultivator of astronomy, wai on terms of intimate friendship with almost all of...Society. It now appears, however, that previously to • Sir James South, in conjunction with Sir John Hersche!, completed the examination of 300 double... | |
 | 1854 - 662 페이지
...the Intrigues of Science," to explain the mystery which apparently over«hadows that treatment : " By some strange combination of circumstances, a quarrel...practical knowledge of instruments so necessary in hie new avocation.* " In 1829 Sir James South was elected President of the Astronomical Society. It... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1854 - 616 페이지
...eminent in science. It is sufficient to mention the names of Wollaston and Davy, and to add that whin the late Mr. Fallows was appointed Astronomer at the...acquiring that practical knowledge of instruments so ne. cessary in his new avocation.* " In 1829 Sir James South was elected President Of the Astronomical... | |
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I had no part, and with whose origin I am unacquainted, seems to have had an unanticipated effect in impeding the construction of the Calculating Engines. At the time of the foundation of the Astronomical Society, Sir James South, whose observatory and... 