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Eccentricity of the Sextant by Frederic Furbish, 1893

Eccentricity of the Sextant by Frederic Furbish, 1893, Page 101

the proper value or weight, as it is technically called, to each of the mean values of a great number of series of observations.

     This completes the work of circum-meridian reduction for series 51. All of the other series (10 in number) are reduced in exactly the same manner. The probable error of the mean of series 54 (γ Corvi) was approximately 24.00" which was greatly in excess of any of the other means hence this whole series was rejected.

     We next rule a blank (see the one immediately following the circum-meridian reduction of series 60(β Ursae Minoris) with the headings, - Date, No., Star, δ, (1/2) ∝', [r?]' = ([r?]/[([r?]u) or (square root of u)?]), [Bac?], [b or h?], T[subscript]e?[/subscript], A, B, C and C'.

     Taking the three reduction sheets of series 51 we proceed as follows. From

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the proper value or weight, as it is technically called, to each of the mean values of a great number of series of observations. This completes the work of circum-meridian reduction for series 51. All of the other series (10 in number) are reduced in exactly the same manner. The probable error of the mean of series 54 (γ Corvi) was approximately 24.00" which was greatly in excess of any of the other means hence this whole series was rejected. We next rule a blank (see the one immediately following the circum-meridian reduction of series 60(β Ursae Minoris) with the headings, - Date, No., Star, δ, (1/2) ∝', [r?]' = ([r?]/[([r?]u) or (square root of u)?]), [Bac?], [b or h?], T[subscript]e?[/subscript], A, B, C and C'. Taking the three reduction sheets of series 51 we proceed as follows. From