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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... Notes , will , it is hoped , be acceptable to the young student , as pre- senting in a small compass the results of a vast amount of time and labour which various astronomers have expended upon them . J. RUSSELL HIND . Grove - road , St ...
... Notes , will , it is hoped , be acceptable to the young student , as pre- senting in a small compass the results of a vast amount of time and labour which various astronomers have expended upon them . J. RUSSELL HIND . Grove - road , St ...
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... the expected Great Comet A Catalogue of the Orbits of all the Comets hitherto computed , B.C. 370 to A.D. 1852 • 102 116 125 Notes to the Catalogue of Cometary Orbits . 139 THE COMETS . CHAPTER I. OF COMETS IN GENERAL - viii CONTENTS .
... the expected Great Comet A Catalogue of the Orbits of all the Comets hitherto computed , B.C. 370 to A.D. 1852 • 102 116 125 Notes to the Catalogue of Cometary Orbits . 139 THE COMETS . CHAPTER I. OF COMETS IN GENERAL - viii CONTENTS .
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... 2 334 23 21 13 7 54 0.33745 0.8476726 D Encke . 280 0 33 317 8 22 48 52 54 0.90502 R Sonntag . 43 12 16 346 13 25 40 58 32 1.25103 0.924753 D Marth . NOTES TO THE CATALOGUE OF COMETARY ORBITS . B.C. 370. CATALOGUE OF ORBITS . 137.
... 2 334 23 21 13 7 54 0.33745 0.8476726 D Encke . 280 0 33 317 8 22 48 52 54 0.90502 R Sonntag . 43 12 16 346 13 25 40 58 32 1.25103 0.924753 D Marth . NOTES TO THE CATALOGUE OF COMETARY ORBITS . B.C. 370. CATALOGUE OF ORBITS . 137.
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... NOTES TO THE CATALOGUE OF COMETARY ORBITS . B.C. 370. Elements assigned by Pingré from the account given by Aristotle . 136. The orbit of this comet is founded upon the Chinese observations which have recently become known in Europe ...
... NOTES TO THE CATALOGUE OF COMETARY ORBITS . B.C. 370. Elements assigned by Pingré from the account given by Aristotle . 136. The orbit of this comet is founded upon the Chinese observations which have recently become known in Europe ...
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... . Chinese observations : tolerably certain . 1456. The celebrated comet of Halley . The elements are partly adapted to the observations left by Eben- dorffer and others . The comet was observed also in NOTES TO THE CATALOGUE . 141.
... . Chinese observations : tolerably certain . 1456. The celebrated comet of Halley . The elements are partly adapted to the observations left by Eben- dorffer and others . The comet was observed also in NOTES TO THE CATALOGUE . 141.
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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