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AP - Archived Papers
- 62 - Archived papers: volume 62, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1882-1883
  - 7 - Unpublished paper, 'The principal cause of the large errors at present existing between the positions of the Moon deduced from Hansen's Tables and observation: and the cause of an apparent increase in the secular acceleration of the Moon's mean motion required by Hansen's Tables, or of an apparent change in the time of the Earths rotation' by E J [Edward James] Stone

RefNo	AP/62/7/2
Level	Item
Title	Unpublished appendix, regarding 'The principal cause of the large errors at present existing between the positions of the Moon deduced from Hansen's Tables and observation: and the cause of an apparent increase in the secular acceleration of the Moon's mean motion required by Hansen's Tables, or of an apparent change in the time of the Earths rotation' by Edward James Stone
Date	[April 1883]
Description	Stone writes that 'The breaks of continuity in our measures of time which have, necessarily, taken place with the adoption of different units through the introduction of small changes in the Sun's mean motion, and in the secular terms which express the relative motions of the planes of reference is clearly shown as follows', accompanied by a geometrical diagram of several intersecting curved lines. Subject: Mathematics / Astronomy Received 22 April 1883 / 23 April 1883.
Extent	5p
Format	Manuscript
Format	Diagram
PhysicalDescription	Ink on paper
AccessStatus	Open

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Code	PersonName	Dates
NA1541	Stone; Edward James (1831 - 1897)	1831 - 1897

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