Identifier: astronomicaljour13dudluoft (find matches)
Title: The Astronomical journal
Year: 1849 (1840s)
Authors: Dudley Observatory American Astronomical Society American Institute of Physics
Subjects: Astronomy
Publisher: New York (etc.) American Institute of Physics (etc.)
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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1894 N- 330. THE ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL. 1 13 will principally be manifest by the large outstanding devi-ations, on both plots, of the points for Bethlehem, Rockvilleami San Francisco. Any othervalues of /■.and G) computedmi a circular hypothesis, which will reconcile these oninie chart, will give still greater discordances for them onthe other. Indeed it may be remarked that the insufficiencyoi the hypothesis of a circular annual motion is virtuallyrecognized in the endeavor made by Prof. Axbeecht toobtain a better representation of the American observal ions.by altering arbitrarily the coefficient /•._. in eq. (52). Suchempirical alterations, if consistently carried out by chang-ing simultaneously /-.and fi. will in effect approximate tothe values in columns 4 and 6, which correspond to theelliptic motion. It is of interest to note that the observations between themiddle of 18114 and of 1895, in Europe and on the easterncoasl nt the 1nited States, will furnish a crucial test of th

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