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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... On the expected Great Comet A Catalogue of the Orbits of all the Comets hitherto computed , B.C. 370 to A.D. 1852 · 125 Notes to the Catalogue of Cometary Orbits . 139 THE COMETS . CHAPTER I. OF COMETS IN GENERAL - viii CONTENTS .
... On the expected Great Comet A Catalogue of the Orbits of all the Comets hitherto computed , B.C. 370 to A.D. 1852 · 125 Notes to the Catalogue of Cometary Orbits . 139 THE COMETS . CHAPTER I. OF COMETS IN GENERAL - viii CONTENTS .
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... computed by trigonometry , when we know the distance of the nucleus from the earth and its position in respect to the sun , always assuming that the tail is projected from the sun in the line THE COMETS . 17 Chances of collision with ...
... computed by trigonometry , when we know the distance of the nucleus from the earth and its position in respect to the sun , always assuming that the tail is projected from the sun in the line THE COMETS . 17 Chances of collision with ...
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... computed , that a great similarity exists between them , it is a strong argument in favour of the identity of the comets to which they refer , and such com- parison affords the most certain means of ascertaining the period of a comet ...
... computed , that a great similarity exists between them , it is a strong argument in favour of the identity of the comets to which they refer , and such com- parison affords the most certain means of ascertaining the period of a comet ...
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... computed separately for each planet , as if the others did not exist ; the variations produced by each are then summed , and give the total change in the element in the adopted unit of time , commonly one day ; then by a process which ...
... computed separately for each planet , as if the others did not exist ; the variations produced by each are then summed , and give the total change in the element in the adopted unit of time , commonly one day ; then by a process which ...
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... compute the distances of the comet from the disturbing planets , Jupiter and Saturn , not only from 1682 , when it was last observed , but for the previous revolution , or for a space of more than one hundred and fifty years . This of ...
... compute the distances of the comet from the disturbing planets , Jupiter and Saturn , not only from 1682 , when it was last observed , but for the previous revolution , or for a space of more than one hundred and fifty years . This of ...
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