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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... approaching evils , caused prayers to be said in the churches , and the bells to be rung every day at noon , as a warning to the inhabitants to supplicate the divine aid and forgiveness . Those who neglected this call were subject to ...
... approaching evils , caused prayers to be said in the churches , and the bells to be rung every day at noon , as a warning to the inhabitants to supplicate the divine aid and forgiveness . Those who neglected this call were subject to ...
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... approached the sun within the orbit of Mars since the commencement of the Christian era . The following table exhibits the number of suffi- ciently authenticated comets in each century : --- Century . Comets observed in Europe and China ...
... approached the sun within the orbit of Mars since the commencement of the Christian era . The following table exhibits the number of suffi- ciently authenticated comets in each century : --- Century . Comets observed in Europe and China ...
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... approached nearer to the sun than four times the earth's mean distance from that luminary , yet it was seen without any great optical aid for nearly six months . That discovered by Colla , in May , 1847 , was also followed till its ...
... approached nearer to the sun than four times the earth's mean distance from that luminary , yet it was seen without any great optical aid for nearly six months . That discovered by Colla , in May , 1847 , was also followed till its ...
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... approached nearer to us than any other of these bodies whose elements have been sufficiently well determined . On the 1st of July it was distant from the Earth only 363 ter- restrial semidiameters or 1,438,000 miles . The great comets ...
... approached nearer to us than any other of these bodies whose elements have been sufficiently well determined . On the 1st of July it was distant from the Earth only 363 ter- restrial semidiameters or 1,438,000 miles . The great comets ...
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... approaching a parabola , that for those parts of the orbit near the perihelion , where alone the comet is visible from the earth , no sensible difference is caused by the substitution of the latter curve ; and accord- ingly , as the ...
... approaching a parabola , that for those parts of the orbit near the perihelion , where alone the comet is visible from the earth , no sensible difference is caused by the substitution of the latter curve ; and accord- ingly , as the ...
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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