9781334030239 - Observations Made With the Cookson Floating Zenith Telescope in the Years 1911-1918 at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, for the Determination of the ... the Direct... (3 resultados)

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book offers a detailed account of observations made using the zenith telescope from 1911 to 1918 at the Cambridge University Observatory. The telescope was designed by Bryan Cookson to investigate the value of the aberration constant using the method devised by Professor Kiistner. The author has completed Cookson's work, presenting the results with a detailed discussion of both the instrument and observing programme. The book also contains an investigation into scale and its temperature variation, presenting a linear relationship between the two. This book will be of interest to scholars with interests in astronomy and the history of science. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.