Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Mar 1923
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Nature, Volume 111, Issue 2783, pp. 291-292 (1923).
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
THE writer of the first paragraph in the astronomical column of NATURE of January 20, page 94, refers to my pamphlet (Wm. Pollard and Co., Exeter, is. 6d.) in a way which might lead an incautious reader to suppose he had seen it, which evidently he has not, or he would scarcely speak of ``wresting a few isolated observations to suit their preconceived views'' in face of the statement on its nineteenth page that ``the general consensus of the stars supports the result given.'' A proof of that statement, a quantitative proof, will be found on pp. 42-44. I cannot encroach on your space to quote it here, but may briefly indicate its nature: P being the pole of the heavens and E the pole of the ecliptic, let PEC be a spherical triangle having E C 6°, P E 23° 27', and P E C 174° 28'. Describe a small circle with C as centre and C P as radius: then will W, where E C produced cuts the circumference of the circle, be that spot where is situated the so-called ``Apex of Solar Motion.'' The sides and angles given are not arbitrary but depend upon the rate of precession and of the decrease in the obliquity at the commencement of this century, as is shown on page 44 of the pamphlet.
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