THE SUN’S DISTANCE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW ZEALAND TIMES. Sir, Mr. Petrie, who sent mo the first value yet known for the sun's parallax, has shown that the value, as ascertained from calculations froni the great pyramid, is 8 - 875-4 S seconds, equal to a distance in miles 92,093,000. This almost exactly agrees with H. Prinseux’s value, when my absurd mistake of 2 for 1 is corrected. M. Foucalt’s distance, from the velocity of light, is 92,254,000. The mean of five valftcs from Mars’ distance is 91,971,000. The mean of two values from the moon’s parallactic inequality is 92,079,500. The true value would seem to be not far from the easily remembered value 92,000,000 miles. I take these values from ‘‘Day on the Solar Parallax.”— I am, &c., A, Stock. June 28.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4455, 30 June 1875, Page 2
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