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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... 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 distance from the earth was three - and - a - quarter times the ...
... 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 distance from the earth was three - and - a - quarter times the ...
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... distance from us not exceeding that of the moon . If a comet be moving in the same di- rection as the earth , the distance of the two bodies being small , its apparent position may scarcely change in the course of the day , and if it be ...
... distance from us not exceeding that of the moon . If a comet be moving in the same di- rection as the earth , the distance of the two bodies being small , its apparent position may scarcely change in the course of the day , and if it be ...
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... distance from the earth and sun , by its position in respect to the former , and possibly also in some degree by actual change in the form of the comet itself . The envelope , mentioned by astronomers in their observations of large ...
... distance from the earth and sun , by its position in respect to the former , and possibly also in some degree by actual change in the form of the comet itself . The envelope , mentioned by astronomers in their observations of large ...
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... distance of 65 ° from the head . It would lead us far beyond the limits of the pre- sent work , were we to particularize all the varied phenomena which have been observed in the tails of comets , but there is one singular appearance in ...
... distance of 65 ° from the head . It would lead us far beyond the limits of the pre- sent work , were we to particularize all the varied phenomena which have been observed in the tails of comets , but there is one singular appearance in ...
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... distances from the earth , so that it will frequently happen that light would re- quire several minutes longer to reach us ... distance , several minutes must necessarily elapse before we could see it reach the end of the tail . This is ...
... distances from the earth , so that it will frequently happen that light would re- quire several minutes longer to reach us ... distance , several minutes must necessarily elapse before we could see it reach the end of the tail . This is ...
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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