 | Olinthus Gilbert Gregory - 1802 - 590 pages
...that when the eaith is exactly between jupiter and the sun, his satellites are seen eclipsed about 8£ minutes sooner than they would be according to the...distance from jupiter, these eclipses happen about 85 minutes later than the tables predict them. Hence it follows that light takes up about 16^- minutes... | |
 | Jacques Ozanam - Scientific recreations - 1803 - 596 pages
...million times greater than the velocity of a cannon-ball. It has been found by repeated experiments, that when the earth is exactly between Jupiter and the sun, his satellites are seen eclipsed 8| minutes sooner than they could be according to the tables; but when the earth... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 734 pages
...difficulty, and left Roemer's conclusion in its full force. It has since been found, by repeated experiments, that when the earth is exactly between Jupiter and the sun, his satellites are seen eclipsed eight minutes and a quarter sooner than they could be according to the tables ; but... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1809 - 700 pages
...difficulty, and left Roemer's conclusion in its full force. It has since been found, by repeated experiments, that when the earth is exactly between Jupiter and the sun, his satellite! are seen eclipsed eight minutes and a quarter sooner than they could be according to the... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 408 pages
...difficulty, and left Roemer's conclusion in its full force. It has since been found, by repeated experiments, that when the earth is exactly between Jupiter and the sun, his satellites are seen eclipsed eight minutes and a quarter sooner than they could be according to the tables; but... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 406 pages
...difficulty, and left Roemer's conclusion in its full force. It has since been found, by repeated experiments, that when the earth is exactly between Jupiter and the sun, his satellites are seen eclipsed eight minutes and a quarter sooner than they could be according to the tables; but... | |
 | Sidney Edwards Morse - Atlases - 1822 - 706 pages
...planet, from west to east. The progressive motion and velocity of light was discovered by observations on the satellites of Jupiter. These satellites are...when the earth is exactly between Jupiter and the snn, his satellites appear eclipsed 8f minutes sooner, than they would be according to the tables ;... | |
 | Sidney Edwards Morse - Atlases - 1822 - 706 pages
...planet, from west to east. The progressive motion and velocity of light was discovered by observations on the satellites of Jupiter. These satellites are...at regular intervals, and tables of the times when thes* eclipses are to happen, are constantly published. It is found that* when the earth is exactly... | |
 | George G. Carey - Astronomy - 1825 - 274 pages
...calculation, it was about seven minutes in traversing the radius of the earth's orbit ; but it has since been found, that when the earth is exactly between Jupiter and the sun, his satellites are eclipsed about 8*- minutes sooner than the time found by the tables ; but when the earth is nearly... | |
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Jupiter and the sun, his satellites appear eclipsed 8-J minutes tooner, than they would be according to the tables ; but that, when the earth is at its greatest distance from Jupiter, these eclipses happen about 8^ minutes later, than the tables predict... 