Excerpt from Annuario Publicado pelo Imperial Observatorio do Rio de Janeiro, 1886, Vol. 2: Contendo Dados Astronomicos Sobre o Calendario, Systema Solar, Etc.; Tabellas de Meteorología, Chimica o Physica; Apontamentos Geographicos Sobre o Brasil; Tabellas de Cambio, Mortalidade, Etc., E Muitas Outras Informações Sobre o Commercio e Industria
O Annuario da Imperial Observatorio para o anno de 1886, que ora apresentamos ao publico, contem, além das ephemerides do sol, da lua e dos planetas.
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