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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... according to the annals of the various dynasties reigning in that country . But as the telescope was not much employed in searching out these objects before the middle of the eighteenth century , the real number of comets which have ...
... according to the annals of the various dynasties reigning in that country . But as the telescope was not much employed in searching out these objects before the middle of the eighteenth century , the real number of comets which have ...
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... ( 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 ) · 240 99 1847 ( Mauvais ...
... ( 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 ) · 240 99 1847 ( Mauvais ...
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... according to Seneca , shortly before the war of Achaia , B.C. 146 , was as large as the sun , and dissipated the darkness of the nights its disk was red and fiery . The comets recorded by Justin , at the time of the birth and accession ...
... according to Seneca , shortly before the war of Achaia , B.C. 146 , was as large as the sun , and dissipated the darkness of the nights its disk was red and fiery . The comets recorded by Justin , at the time of the birth and accession ...
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... according to the Chinese observations . The comet of 178 had an appendage of equal length . That of 390 , observed in Europe and China , is said to have had a train of the enormous length of 100 ° . The grand comet of 837 , mentioned by ...
... according to the Chinese observations . The comet of 178 had an appendage of equal length . That of 390 , observed in Europe and China , is said to have had a train of the enormous length of 100 ° . The grand comet of 837 , mentioned by ...
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... according to Schröter and Harding The comet of 1805 , known as Biela's 70 to 112 The comet which was visible to the naked eye in June 1845 had a bright planetary - looking nucleus , which must have been nearly 8000 miles in diameter ...
... according to Schröter and Harding The comet of 1805 , known as Biela's 70 to 112 The comet which was visible to the naked eye in June 1845 had a bright planetary - looking nucleus , which must have been nearly 8000 miles in diameter ...
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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