The Comets: A Descriptive Treatise Upon Those Bodies. With a Condensed Account of the Numerous Modern Discoveries Respecting Them; and a Table of All the Calculated Comets, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time |
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... Chinese astronomers , though they looked upon comets without any fears of their malignant agencies , had a very fanciful opinion respecting them , which never- theless led to the frequent observation of the position of these bodies in ...
... Chinese astronomers , though they looked upon comets without any fears of their malignant agencies , had a very fanciful opinion respecting them , which never- theless led to the frequent observation of the position of these bodies in ...
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... China , according to the annals of the various dynasties reigning in that country . But as the telescope was not much ... Chinese , it is true , were very diligent in their celestial observations , yet many comets must have escaped their ...
... China , according to the annals of the various dynasties reigning in that country . But as the telescope was not much ... Chinese , it is true , were very diligent in their celestial observations , yet many comets must have escaped their ...
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... China . Comets observed in Century . Europe and China . 36 XVI . 31 26 XVII . 25 26 XVIII . 64 29 XIX . ( first half ) 80 · 27 • Giving a total of 607 . The duration of a comet's visibility varies from a few days to more than a year ...
... China . Comets observed in Century . Europe and China . 36 XVI . 31 26 XVII . 25 26 XVIII . 64 29 XIX . ( first half ) 80 · 27 • Giving a total of 607 . The duration of a comet's visibility varies from a few days to more than a year ...
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... China ) 135 days . 64 ( according to Seneca ) 180 days or more . 247 ( in China ) 1729 156 days . 171 99 1773 184 99 1807 188 99 1811 510 99 1815 172 99 1825 358 99 1835 286 . 99 1844 ( Mauvais ' comet ) 246 • 99 1847 ( Colla's comet ) ...
... China ) 135 days . 64 ( according to Seneca ) 180 days or more . 247 ( in China ) 1729 156 days . 171 99 1773 184 99 1807 188 99 1811 510 99 1815 172 99 1825 358 99 1835 286 . 99 1844 ( Mauvais ' comet ) 246 • 99 1847 ( Colla's comet ) ...
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... Chinese , we find twenty - three were white , twenty bluish , four red or reddish - yellow , and two greenish . Planetary nuclei in comets , are of rare occurrence , and it is pretty certain that they consist of nothing more than ...
... Chinese , we find twenty - three were white , twenty bluish , four red or reddish - yellow , and two greenish . Planetary nuclei in comets , are of rare occurrence , and it is pretty certain that they consist of nothing more than ...
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amongst the stars Aphelion appearance April arrival at perihelion astronomers August Author axis Berlin Biela bodies Bouvard bright Brorsen Burckhardt calculated Cambridge century Chinese observations Clausen Collegio Romano comet discovered comet observed Comet of Encke comet of Halley comet was observed computed constellation D'Arrest December detected diameter Discovered by Pons earth elements epoch exhibited February Gambart grand comet Greenwich Mean Halley's comet heavens Herschel Hevelius Hind History identity Isle of Bourbon January John Herschel July June Jupiter Königsberg Laugier least distance length Lexell March Marseilles Mechain miles month motion naked eye nebulosity November nucleus numbers observatory observed in Europe Octavo October Olbers Ophiuchus parabolic Paris path perihelion distance perihelion passage period of revolution periodical comet perturbations Peter Apian Pingré planetary probable Professor Encke right ascension Rome Rümker Second Edition Sept September Struve sun's tail tions Tycho Brahe Ursa Major Verrier Vico