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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... the same year , was bright enough to be discerned before sun - set . The second comet of 1618 , was distinctly seen in full daylight by Marsilius , in Bohemia . The comet of March , 1843 , by far the most imposing of 8 THE COMETS .
... the same year , was bright enough to be discerned before sun - set . The second comet of 1618 , was distinctly seen in full daylight by Marsilius , in Bohemia . The comet of March , 1843 , by far the most imposing of 8 THE COMETS .
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... bright and dazzling . The head of the fine comet of December 1618 , is said to have been composed of several bright points or nuclei : Cysat observed three or four on the 8th of that month , and on the 20th the head seemed to be a ...
... bright and dazzling . The head of the fine comet of December 1618 , is said to have been composed of several bright points or nuclei : Cysat observed three or four on the 8th of that month , and on the 20th the head seemed to be a ...
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... bright planetary - looking nucleus , which must have been nearly 8000 miles in diameter , or about equal to that of the earth . On the 24th of January , 1836 , Mr. Maclear , at the Cape of Good Hope , saw a well - defined disk within ...
... bright planetary - looking nucleus , which must have been nearly 8000 miles in diameter , or about equal to that of the earth . On the 24th of January , 1836 , Mr. Maclear , at the Cape of Good Hope , saw a well - defined disk within ...
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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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... bright star Arcturus over the prime vertical westward , and extend from August 13th to the 23rd , Julian style . The comet was first seen at the end of July , and was visible in some parts until the beginning of September , its motion ...
... bright star Arcturus over the prime vertical westward , and extend from August 13th to the 23rd , Julian style . The comet was first seen at the end of July , and was visible in some parts until the beginning of September , its motion ...
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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