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Paper, 'On the discordances between the sun's observed and computed right ascensions as determined at the Blackman Street Observatory, in the years 1821 and 1822; experiments to shew that they do not originate in instrumental derangement; also a description of a seven-feet transit with which the observations were procured, and upon which the experiments were made' by James South

Reference number: PT/18/14

Date: 01 June 1826

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Illustrations for this paper have been separated from the manuscript and are found at PT/73/12/16.

Subject: Astronomy

Published in volume 116 of Philosophical Transactions as 'On the discordances between the sun's observed and computed right ascensions, as determined at the Blackman-street observatory, in the years 1821 and 1822; with experiments to show that they did not originate in instrumental derangement. also a description of the seven-feet transit with which the observations were procured, and upon which the experiments were made'.

Read 8 June 1826.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 2, 1833.

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PT/18/14
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01 June 1826
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19 pages
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James South, Paper, 'On the discordances between the sun's observed and computed right ascensions as determined at the Blackman Street Observatory, in the years 1821 and 1822; experiments to shew that they do not originate in instrumental derangement; also a description of a seven-feet transit with which the observations were procured, and upon which the experiments were made' by James South, 01 June 1826, PT/18/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_18_14/paper-on-the-discordances-between-the-suns-observed-and-computed-right-ascensions-as-determined-at-the-blackman-street-observatory-in-the-years-1821-and-1822-experiments-to-shew-that-they-do-not-originate-in-instrumental-derangement-also-a-description-of-a-seven-feet-transit-with-which-the-observations-were-procured-and-upon-which-the-experiments-were-made-by-james-south, accessed on 21 April 2025

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