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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... June , 1456 , when the successes of the Turks under Mahomet II . excited the utmost fear at Rome for the safety of Christendom , a great comet ( known at the present day as Halley's ) was observed , and the Pope , Calixtus III ...
... June , 1456 , when the successes of the Turks under Mahomet II . excited the utmost fear at Rome for the safety of Christendom , a great comet ( known at the present day as Halley's ) was observed , and the Pope , Calixtus III ...
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... June 1845 had a bright planetary - looking nucleus , which must have been nearly 8000 miles in diameter , or about equal to that of the earth . On the 24th of January , 1836 , Mr. Maclear , at the Cape of Good Hope , saw a well ...
... June 1845 had a bright planetary - looking nucleus , which must have been nearly 8000 miles in diameter , or about equal to that of the earth . On the 24th of January , 1836 , Mr. Maclear , at the Cape of Good Hope , saw a well ...
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... June 1 - i . e . , having the value ap- plying to January 1 we wish to find what it would be at the beginning of June . The interval is divided into certain equal periods , and for the middle day of each period , the diurnal variation ...
... June 1 - i . e . , having the value ap- plying to January 1 we wish to find what it would be at the beginning of June . The interval is divided into certain equal periods , and for the middle day of each period , the diurnal variation ...
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... June 3rd , when the comet was finally seen by Messier . Its aspect in 1759 was not so imposing in these parts of the world as some astronomers had anticipated , but this was mainly owing to its position near the vapours of the horizon ...
... June 3rd , when the comet was finally seen by Messier . Its aspect in 1759 was not so imposing in these parts of the world as some astronomers had anticipated , but this was mainly owing to its position near the vapours of the horizon ...
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... June , and is described by the historians of the day as great , terrible , of extra- ordinary magnitude , ' training after it a tail which covered two celestial signs , ' or was 60 ° in length . It was beheld with equal awe by the Turks ...
... June , and is described by the historians of the day as great , terrible , of extra- ordinary magnitude , ' training after it a tail which covered two celestial signs , ' or was 60 ° in length . It was beheld with equal awe by the Turks ...
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