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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... elements of the Orbits of Comets , with the accompanying Notes , will , it is hoped , be acceptable to the young student , as pre- senting in a small compass the results of a vast amount of time and labour which various astronomers have ...
... elements of the Orbits of Comets , with the accompanying Notes , will , it is hoped , be acceptable to the young student , as pre- senting in a small compass the results of a vast amount of time and labour which various astronomers have ...
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... Elements of their orbits - Uses of a table of elements - Effects of planetary attraction upon their movements The comet of Halley CHAPTER IV . 17 27 35 CHAPTER V. Comets of short period - The comet of Encke . 58 CHAPTER VI . Comets of ...
... Elements of their orbits - Uses of a table of elements - Effects of planetary attraction upon their movements The comet of Halley CHAPTER IV . 17 27 35 CHAPTER V. Comets of short period - The comet of Encke . 58 CHAPTER VI . Comets of ...
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... 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 of 837 , 1402 , and 1472 , must have come within . a very ...
... 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 of 837 , 1402 , and 1472 , must have come within . a very ...
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... ELEMENTS OF THEIR ORBITS - USES OF A TABLE OF ELEMENTS— EFFECTS OF PLANETARY ATTRACTION UPON THEIR MOVEMENTS . THE curve described by the generality of comets is in all probability a very excentrical ellipsis , so nearly approaching a ...
... ELEMENTS OF THEIR ORBITS - USES OF A TABLE OF ELEMENTS— EFFECTS OF PLANETARY ATTRACTION UPON THEIR MOVEMENTS . THE curve described by the generality of comets is in all probability a very excentrical ellipsis , so nearly approaching a ...
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... elements which appear satisfactory , for the earlier observations . would give places at later periods , deviating several degrees from the true situation of the comet . In such cases astronomers have resorted to the ellipse , and it ...
... elements which appear satisfactory , for the earlier observations . would give places at later periods , deviating several degrees from the true situation of the comet . In such cases astronomers have resorted to the ellipse , and it ...
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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