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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... direction of its real movement , in reference to that of our globe . The comet of 1729 which , as already remarked , was always very remote from us , traversed an arc of only 15 ° during the six months it continued in view , while that ...
... direction of its real movement , in reference to that of our globe . The comet of 1729 which , as already remarked , was always very remote from us , traversed an arc of only 15 ° during the six months it continued in view , while that ...
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... direction opposite to that nf the sun , a train of a lighter kind of nebulosity , called the tail . Sometimes the centre of the head is occupied by a starlike point or nucleus ; at others by a well - defined planetary disk , while in by ...
... direction opposite to that nf the sun , a train of a lighter kind of nebulosity , called the tail . Sometimes the centre of the head is occupied by a starlike point or nucleus ; at others by a well - defined planetary disk , while in by ...
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... direction , so as to form the commencement of the tail . The Coma is the nebulosity which surrounds a highly condensed or planetary nucleus . Some comets have attained such an extraordinary degree of splendour , as to be distinctly ...
... direction , so as to form the commencement of the tail . The Coma is the nebulosity which surrounds a highly condensed or planetary nucleus . Some comets have attained such an extraordinary degree of splendour , as to be distinctly ...
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... direction , and appeared shorter but brighter than the second , which streamed off from the nucleus towards the sun . A fine comet , visible in the southern hemisphere early in 1845 , had , in THE TAILS OF COMETS . 11.
... direction , and appeared shorter but brighter than the second , which streamed off from the nucleus towards the sun . A fine comet , visible in the southern hemisphere early in 1845 , had , in THE TAILS OF COMETS . 11.
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... , the convexity towards the north , and at times a second . small arc was formed near the extremity , turned in the opposite direction ; the same appearances were remarked by La Nux at the Isle of Bourbon . CURVATURE OF THE TAIL . 15.
... , the convexity towards the north , and at times a second . small arc was formed near the extremity , turned in the opposite direction ; the same appearances were remarked by La Nux at the Isle of Bourbon . CURVATURE OF THE TAIL . 15.
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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