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THE first publication is an account of some recent astronomical labours at the Observatory in Göttingen, and contains the results of observations with the meridian circle in zone 0° and 1°, made in accordance with the well-known scheme of a zone revision so successfully initiated and established by English and Continental astronomers. The volume, which deserves in every respect the special attention of star observers, contains the mean places of stars up to the ninth magnitude, reduced to 1875'0. A new method of calculating the determinations of time, originally proposed by Gauss, has been for the first time made use of by the observers. It is shown at page ix. of the Introduction, and will be found of the highest merit.
Astronomical Publications.—1. Astronomische Mittheillungen von der Königlischen Sternwarte zu Göttingen. (Göttingen, 1869.) 2. Sammlung von Hilfstafeln der Berliner Sternwarte.
By W. Foerster. (Berlin, 1869.)
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L., B. Astronomical Publications—1. Astronomische Mittheillungen von der Königlischen Sternwarte zu Göttingen. (Göttingen, 1869.) 2. Sammlung von Hilfstafeln der Berliner Sternwarte. Nature 1, 80 (1869). https://doi.org/10.1038/001080d0
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