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Commission 4. (Ephemerides.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

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1. Miss Vinter Hansen’s proposal that the equation of time be given with the same sign in all almanacs was referred to the directors of the national ephemerides.

2. There was a discussion of the proposal by Dr L. J. Comrie that efforts be made to eliminate duplicate printing in the national ephemerides. It was moved and carried “That the question of duplicate printing be referred to the directors of the principal almanacs, and that they be requested to report at the next meeting of the Union.”

3. The possibility of adopting a uniform system for star positions was also referred to the directors.

Type
Part III: Meetings of Commissions
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1933