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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... Professor Struve made some interesting observations during the transit of the comet of Biela over a small star , on November 6th , 1832. The brightness of the star was not in the least diminished by the interven- tion of the comet , and ...
... Professor Struve made some interesting observations during the transit of the comet of Biela over a small star , on November 6th , 1832. The brightness of the star was not in the least diminished by the interven- tion of the comet , and ...
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... , presented similar anomalies . Assuming that it had no light of its own , it should have appeared twice as bright on the 23rd of February as on the 21st of March , yet at the latter date Professor Plantamour 24 THE COMETS .
... , presented similar anomalies . Assuming that it had no light of its own , it should have appeared twice as bright on the 23rd of February as on the 21st of March , yet at the latter date Professor Plantamour 24 THE COMETS .
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... Professor Plantamour found the intensity of light had increased in the pro- portion of more than two to one . Such variations are probably to be attributed to changes in the physi- al constitution of the comet , due to the action of the ...
... Professor Plantamour found the intensity of light had increased in the pro- portion of more than two to one . Such variations are probably to be attributed to changes in the physi- al constitution of the comet , due to the action of the ...
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... Professor Rigaud has printed in detail the observations of Lower and Harriot , which had been fortunately discovered amongst the papers of the Earl of Egremont . According to Longomon- tanus , the comet had a pretty long and dense tail ...
... Professor Rigaud has printed in detail the observations of Lower and Harriot , which had been fortunately discovered amongst the papers of the Earl of Egremont . According to Longomon- tanus , the comet had a pretty long and dense tail ...
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... Professor Rosenberger , of Halle . Both Damoiseau and Ponte- coulant had omitted the consideration of the influence of several of the planets , and had not fully investi- gated the exact period corresponding to the ellipse described by ...
... Professor Rosenberger , of Halle . Both Damoiseau and Ponte- coulant had omitted the consideration of the influence of several of the planets , and had not fully investi- gated the exact period corresponding to the ellipse described by ...
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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