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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... July , 418 , when the sun was eclipsed , and stars were visible , a great comet , in the form of a cone , was discovered near that luminary , and was afterwards observed during the nights . The comet of 1744 was observed with the ...
... July , 418 , when the sun was eclipsed , and stars were visible , a great comet , in the form of a cone , was discovered near that luminary , and was afterwards observed during the nights . The comet of 1744 was observed with the ...
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... July , 1819 Second comet of 1811 , measured by Herschel The great comet of 1807 , measured by Herschel The celebrated comet of 1811 , measured by Herschel The second , of 1798 , according to Schröter and Harding The comet of 1805 ...
... July , 1819 Second comet of 1811 , measured by Herschel The great comet of 1807 , measured by Herschel The celebrated comet of 1811 , measured by Herschel The second , of 1798 , according to Schröter and Harding The comet of 1805 ...
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... July it was distant from the Earth only 363 ter- restrial semidiameters or 1,438,000 miles . The great comets of 837 , 1402 , and 1472 , must have come within . a very short distance from our globe , and another small one , which was ...
... July it was distant from the Earth only 363 ter- restrial semidiameters or 1,438,000 miles . The great comets of 837 , 1402 , and 1472 , must have come within . a very short distance from our globe , and another small one , which was ...
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... July , and was visible in some parts until the beginning of September , its motion in the interval being from Leo into Libra . Lavather says it was observed in Italy , Germany , and France , and was of a reddish or yellow colour ...
... July , and was visible in some parts until the beginning of September , its motion in the interval being from Leo into Libra . Lavather says it was observed in Italy , Germany , and France , and was of a reddish or yellow colour ...
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... July , 1223 , when it is recorded in an ancient chronicle , that a sign called a comet appeared in the heavens , shortly before the death of Philip Augustus of France , of which event it was generally considered the precursor . Unfor ...
... July , 1223 , when it is recorded in an ancient chronicle , that a sign called a comet appeared in the heavens , shortly before the death of Philip Augustus of France , of which event it was generally considered the precursor . Unfor ...
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