Boston, U.S.

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.

BY

J. RUSSELL HIND,

FOREIGN SECRETARY OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON;
CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRANCE, ETC. ETC.
AND FORMERLY OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, GREENWICH.

LONDON:

JOHN W. PARKER AND SON, WEST STRAND.

MDCCCLII.