## Roof |'r(o'~ffsh. [Jour. Frank. Inst., hie in alcohol, and in water to a large extent. The fbllowing experliimnts arc worth a trial. Dissolve one gr~:in in two drachms of water~ :tnd expose a collo(lio-bromide plate fbr half the time necessary with the ordinary alkaline developer, and apply thi
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- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1878
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 56 KB
- Volume
- 106
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-0032
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Transit of Mercury, at Rio J'aneiro.--Dom Pedro was one of the observers of the late transit of Mercury, at the Imperial Observatory of Rio Janeiro. The contacts were perceived and noted simultaneously by the Emperor and all of the other observers. Liais's new method was employed, and the result differed from calculation by less than ~ of one per cent. in right ascension, and by only rl~ of one per cent. in declination.--Uomptes Rendus.
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