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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... middle of the present century , of which there is any trustworthy record , is rather over 600 , including , besides the comets mentioned by European historians , all those observed in China , according to the annals of the various ...
... middle of the present century , of which there is any trustworthy record , is rather over 600 , including , besides the comets mentioned by European historians , all those observed in China , according to the annals of the various ...
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... middle day of each period , the diurnal variation of every element of the comet's orbit is computed separately for each planet , as if the others did not exist ; the variations produced by each are then summed , and give the total ...
... middle day of each period , the diurnal variation of every element of the comet's orbit is computed separately for each planet , as if the others did not exist ; the variations produced by each are then summed , and give the total ...
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... middle day of each interval , if multiplied by the number of days included in it , shall give very nearly the true variation in that interval . By another method , instead of using equal periods of time , the calculations are conducted ...
... middle day of each interval , if multiplied by the number of days included in it , shall give very nearly the true variation in that interval . By another method , instead of using equal periods of time , the calculations are conducted ...
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... middle of October , but , as in many previous instances , observers it stations widely distant differ very considerably in heir estimation of its actual extent . On the 14th Struve says it was brilliant , and more than 20 ° long . Next ...
... middle of October , but , as in many previous instances , observers it stations widely distant differ very considerably in heir estimation of its actual extent . On the 14th Struve says it was brilliant , and more than 20 ° long . Next ...
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... middle of May following , when this interesting object was finally lost to view , to return again to these parts of space in the year 1911 , a reappearance which few of those who remember its last visit can expect to witness . Some very ...
... middle of May following , when this interesting object was finally lost to view , to return again to these parts of space in the year 1911 , a reappearance which few of those who remember its last visit can expect to witness . Some very ...
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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