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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... short period ( continued ) -The comet of Biela PAGE . • 71 CHAPTER VII . Other comets of short period - Faye's , De Vico's , Brorsen's , D'Arrest's CHAPTER VIII . Periodical comets ( continued ) -Of six comets , pro- bably with short ...
... short period ( continued ) -The comet of Biela PAGE . • 71 CHAPTER VII . Other comets of short period - Faye's , De Vico's , Brorsen's , D'Arrest's CHAPTER VIII . Periodical comets ( continued ) -Of six comets , pro- bably with short ...
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... 50 ° and 60 ° 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 .
... 50 ° and 60 ° 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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... short period , and has been repeatedly observed , as we shall notice more at length presently . This comet arrived at its least distance from the sun on the 10th of January , 1829 , and the following were its actual dimensions on the ...
... short period , and has been repeatedly observed , as we shall notice more at length presently . This comet arrived at its least distance from the sun on the 10th of January , 1829 , and the following were its actual dimensions on the ...
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... short distance from our globe , and another small one , which was observed by Flaugergues in 1826 , seems to have made a close appulse . Olbers mentions several which have crossed the ecliptic at points not far removed from the annual ...
... short distance from our globe , and another small one , which was observed by Flaugergues in 1826 , seems to have made a close appulse . Olbers mentions several which have crossed the ecliptic at points not far removed from the annual ...
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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