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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... European chronicles . The 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 ...
... European chronicles . The 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 ...
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... Europe , and allowing for this , we shall probably be within reason- able limits when we assume that upwards of 4000 ... Europe and China . Comets observed in Century . Europe and China . I. 22 VI . 25 • II . 23 VII . 22 • III . IV . V ...
... Europe , and allowing for this , we shall probably be within reason- able limits when we assume that upwards of 4000 ... Europe and China . Comets observed in Century . Europe and China . I. 22 VI . 25 • II . 23 VII . 22 • III . IV . V ...
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... Europe and 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 ...
... Europe and 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 ...
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... Europe . That of March , 1402 , was visible day and night in the circumpolar regions of the heavens , in Germany and Italy ; and another grand comet in the summer of the same year , was bright enough to be discerned before sun - set ...
... Europe . That of March , 1402 , was visible day and night in the circumpolar regions of the heavens , in Germany and Italy ; and another grand comet in the summer of the same year , was bright enough to be discerned before sun - set ...
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... Europe and China , is said to have had a train of the enormous length of 100 ° . The grand comet of 837 , mentioned by nearly all the historians of the time , was remarkable for the length of its tail on April 10th it extended 50 ° from ...
... Europe and China , is said to have had a train of the enormous length of 100 ° . The grand comet of 837 , mentioned by nearly all the historians of the time , was remarkable for the length of its tail on April 10th it extended 50 ° from ...
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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