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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... tions of a comet , with respect to the sun and eart and M. Arago has established the fact from experi- ments with a polariscope , during the visibility of the famous comet of Halley in the autumn of 1835 Still the variation in the ...
... tions of a comet , with respect to the sun and eart and M. Arago has established the fact from experi- ments with a polariscope , during the visibility of the famous comet of Halley in the autumn of 1835 Still the variation in the ...
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... tions , were those of 1531 , 1607 , and 1682 . For the most important observations of the comet of 1531 we are indebted to Peter Apian , astronomer to the Emperors Charles V. and Ferdinand I. of Austria , who observed at Ingoldstadt in ...
... tions , were those of 1531 , 1607 , and 1682 . For the most important observations of the comet of 1531 we are indebted to Peter Apian , astronomer to the Emperors Charles V. and Ferdinand I. of Austria , who observed at Ingoldstadt in ...
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... tions of comets are too vague to aid us in tracing any more ancient appearances of Halley's comet , and European writers of these remote times render us no assistance . The series of returns which we have briefly pointed out is most ...
... tions of comets are too vague to aid us in tracing any more ancient appearances of Halley's comet , and European writers of these remote times render us no assistance . The series of returns which we have briefly pointed out is most ...
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... tions not having indicated any such enormous devia- tion from the elliptic path , it became evident that a very large error existed in the received mass of the planet ; and it was obviously rather a matter of labour , than difficulty ...
... tions not having indicated any such enormous devia- tion from the elliptic path , it became evident that a very large error existed in the received mass of the planet ; and it was obviously rather a matter of labour , than difficulty ...
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... tions of 1838. The differences between the observed and computed positions in that year were therefore considered due to the corrections required - first , in the assumed mass of Mercury , and , secondly , in the constant of resistance ...
... tions of 1838. The differences between the observed and computed positions in that year were therefore considered due to the corrections required - first , in the assumed mass of Mercury , and , secondly , in the constant of resistance ...
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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