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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... extended towards the sun , as was the case with a comet discovered in October , 1851. That which appeared in January , 1824 , exhibited two tails , both distinctly visible to the naked eye , forming with each other an angle varying from ...
... extended towards the sun , as was the case with a comet discovered in October , 1851. That which appeared in January , 1824 , exhibited two tails , both distinctly visible to the naked eye , forming with each other an angle varying from ...
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... extended 50 ° from the head , and was divided near the extremity into two branches ; next day its length was 60 ° , but only one ray was visible , and on the 14th it had increased to 80 ° . Another great comet in 1264 was accompanied by ...
... extended 50 ° from the head , and was divided near the extremity into two branches ; next day its length was 60 ° , but only one ray was visible , and on the 14th it had increased to 80 ° . Another great comet in 1264 was accompanied by ...
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... long , and during the night had a kind of libration to and fro . Kepler says the tail of the comet of 1607 was short one moment , but extended itself in the ( twinkling of an eye . Longomontanus , in describing 14 THE COMETS .
... long , and during the night had a kind of libration to and fro . Kepler says the tail of the comet of 1607 was short one moment , but extended itself in the ( twinkling of an eye . Longomontanus , in describing 14 THE COMETS .
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... extend much further than we can trace it from the earth , and consequently that our estimates of the true magnitudes are very likely to be under - rated . It has been remarked above , that the real dimen- sions of comets are found to ...
... extend much further than we can trace it from the earth , and consequently that our estimates of the true magnitudes are very likely to be under - rated . It has been remarked above , that the real dimen- sions of comets are found to ...
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... extend only a few hundred thousand miles from the nucleus , while in others they are projected to the astonishing distance of one hundred or one hundred and fifty millions of miles , or even more . The train of the first comet of 1847 ...
... extend only a few hundred thousand miles from the nucleus , while in others they are projected to the astonishing distance of one hundred or one hundred and fifty millions of miles , or even more . The train of the first comet of 1847 ...
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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