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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... remarked , was always very remote from us , traversed an arc of only 15 ° during the six months it continued in view , while that of 1769 passed through an arc of 240 ° in longitude ; and another in 1825 , which moved extremely slow at ...
... remarked , was always very remote from us , traversed an arc of only 15 ° during the six months it continued in view , while that of 1769 passed through an arc of 240 ° in longitude ; and another in 1825 , which moved extremely slow at ...
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... remarked in any of the larger comets of recent times . Though , as we have seen , the nuclei of comets have occasionally attained so great a degree of brightness as to be discernible in full daylight , or to cast shadows at night , it ...
... remarked in any of the larger comets of recent times . Though , as we have seen , the nuclei of comets have occasionally attained so great a degree of brightness as to be discernible in full daylight , or to cast shadows at night , it ...
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... remarked . Other comets have bushy , fan - shaped tails , compared by the ancient observers to the train of a peacock . Not unfrequently the appearance of the tail will vary greatly on successive evenings , or even during the same night ...
... remarked . Other comets have bushy , fan - shaped tails , compared by the ancient observers to the train of a peacock . Not unfrequently the appearance of the tail will vary greatly on successive evenings , or even during the same night ...
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... remarked by Kepler , Wendelin , and other observers of this splendid comet . Hevelius noticed similar undulations in the tails of the comets of 1652 and 1661 , and Pingré says he had observed them in the train of that which was visible ...
... remarked by Kepler , Wendelin , and other observers of this splendid comet . Hevelius noticed similar undulations in the tails of the comets of 1652 and 1661 , and Pingré says he had observed them in the train of that which was visible ...
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... remarked by La Nux at the Isle of Bourbon . The train of the last great comet in 1843 was very sensibly bent downwards towards the horizon at the end of March , when it became conspicuous in this country , and the smaller comet of ...
... remarked by La Nux at the Isle of Bourbon . The train of the last great comet in 1843 was very sensibly bent downwards towards the horizon at the end of March , when it became conspicuous in this country , and the smaller comet of ...
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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