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Radiation Observations During the Eclipse
Pages 90-90

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... Early morning and evening observations are wanting on April 29 and May 3, and when this is the case values of A between 2.2 and 2.6 will satisfy the observations with nearly equal accuracy. I t seemed best, therefore, to adopt for the final value that obtained on the dates April 30, May 1 aud 2, viz: A =-2.322 Reducing to the sun's mean distance we have finally i'^ A = 2.285 RADIATION OBSERVATIOlfS DURING THE ECLIPSE There has already been given a detailed account of the observations of solar radiation made from day to day, and the methods of reduction by which values of the solar intensity were obtained.
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