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  • At high acceleration the _Sirius_ drove toward the Jupiter-Earth-North plane, and Brandon calculated from his own bearings and from the current issue of the "Ephemeris" the time at which Stevens 'reply should be received.

    Spacehounds of IPC 1927

  • But the paschal prayer, and still more, the prayer of the "Ephemeris" could not have been by a pagan.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

  • Tempel's publication in the Milan "Ephemeris" for 1872 shows that he reduced his own observations.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

  • Grand Duke, the "Ephemeris," and "Tables of the Jovian Planets," he was attacked with a mortal disease, and the manuscripts of Galileo, which he was on the eve of publishing, were never more heard of.

    The Martyrs of Science, or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler David Brewster 1824

  • "Bring me the book marked 'Ephemeris' from my dressing-room, with a pen and ink.

    The King's Highway 1830

  • The Shoal was the group appointed to protect the Art. For the world is part of the Cosm, and beyond this is the Metacosm where the sea of Quiddity lies – a place visited by all when they are born, the night with their first love, and when they die – and within Quiddity lies the island of Ephemeris, the dream land.

    “The Complete Clive Barker’s Great and Secret Show” by Chris Ryall and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW, 2008) « The BookBanter Blog 2010

  • The Shoal was the group appointed to protect the Art. For the world is part of the Cosm, and beyond this is the Metacosm where the sea of Quiddity lies – a place visited by all when they are born, the night with their first love, and when they die – and within Quiddity lies the island of Ephemeris, the dream land.

    “The Great and Secret Show” by Clive Barker (Harpercollins, 1990) « The BookBanter Blog 2010

  • The Shoal was the group appointed to protect the Art. For the world is part of the Cosm, and beyond this is the Metacosm where the sea of Quiddity lies – a place visited by all when they are born, the night with their first love, and when they die – and within Quiddity lies the island of Ephemeris, the dream land.

    2010 February 10 « The BookBanter Blog 2010

  • Ephemeris Time, Barycentric Dynamical Time, Geocentric Coordinate Time, Terrestrial Time, Father Time--no one really knows what time it is--and even if one did, reporting it depends on a clearer understanding of spacetime than most of us possess.

    Autumnal equinox--does anybody know what time it is? doyle 2008

  • Ephemeris Time, Barycentric Dynamical Time, Geocentric Coordinate Time, Terrestrial Time, Father Time--no one really knows what time it is--and even if one did, reporting it depends on a clearer understanding of spacetime than most of us possess.

    Archive 2008-09-01 doyle 2008

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