Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain: With Physical Sections and Maps Founded on Astronomical Observations and Trigonometrical and Barometrical Measurements, Հատոր 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822 |
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... Velasquez and Gama fixed the true position . Don Jose Espinosa found in February 1790 , by a sextant of eight inches radius , the cathedral 19 ° 25 ′ 25 ′′ of latitude . M. Galeano obtained in 1791 , by larger instruments , 19 ° 26 ' 00 ...
... Velasquez and Gama fixed the true position . Don Jose Espinosa found in February 1790 , by a sextant of eight inches radius , the cathedral 19 ° 25 ′ 25 ′′ of latitude . M. Galeano obtained in 1791 , by larger instruments , 19 ° 26 ' 00 ...
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... Velasquez , who observed the satellites of Jupiter at Guanaxuato , found this city 1 ° 48 ′ to the east of Mexico , but at 20 ° 45 ′ 0 ′′ of latitude , as is proved by his ma- nuscript map of New Spain . This error of lati- tude is so ...
... Velasquez , who observed the satellites of Jupiter at Guanaxuato , found this city 1 ° 48 ′ to the east of Mexico , but at 20 ° 45 ′ 0 ′′ of latitude , as is proved by his ma- nuscript map of New Spain . This error of lati- tude is so ...
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... Velasquez , the celebrated Mexi- can geometrician of the eighteenth century . This indefatigable man executed in 1773 an extensive survey along with a trigonometrical operation , to prove that the waters of the lake of Tezcuco might be ...
... Velasquez , the celebrated Mexi- can geometrician of the eighteenth century . This indefatigable man executed in 1773 an extensive survey along with a trigonometrical operation , to prove that the waters of the lake of Tezcuco might be ...
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... Velasquez , three astronomers , of whom the first was a Frenchman , the second a Spaniard , and the third a Mexican , and , what is more , the pupil of a very intelligent Indian of the village of Xalto- can . Before , however , the ...
... Velasquez , three astronomers , of whom the first was a Frenchman , the second a Spaniard , and the third a Mexican , and , what is more , the pupil of a very intelligent Indian of the village of Xalto- can . Before , however , the ...
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... Velasquez too , the Mexican astro- nomer , constructed a small observatory in the village of St. Anne , where he observed by himself the transit of Venus , communicating the result of his observation to M. Chappe and Don Vicente Doz ...
... Velasquez too , the Mexican astro- nomer , constructed a small observatory in the village of St. Anne , where he observed by himself the transit of Venus , communicating the result of his observation to M. Chappe and Don Vicente Doz ...
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