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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... detected the comet without optical aid , at a time when all the astronomers in Europe were seeking for it with their telescopes without success . Palitzch saw the comet again on the 26th of December ; and on the 28th of 40 THE COMETS .
... detected the comet without optical aid , at a time when all the astronomers in Europe were seeking for it with their telescopes without success . Palitzch saw the comet again on the 26th of December ; and on the 28th of 40 THE COMETS .
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... detected by Dr. Hoffman . An astronomer at Leipsic found it on the 18th of January . Messier was much interrupted by cloudy weather , but on the 21st he caught a glimpse of the comet , and observed it regularly for the three weeks ...
... detected by Dr. Hoffman . An astronomer at Leipsic found it on the 18th of January . Messier was much interrupted by cloudy weather , but on the 21st he caught a glimpse of the comet , and observed it regularly for the three weeks ...
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... detected by Kreil , at Milan , on the latter day , and observed at some of the more southerly observatories of Europe , and at the Cape of Good Hope , till the middle of May following , when this interesting object was finally lost to ...
... detected by Kreil , at Milan , on the latter day , and observed at some of the more southerly observatories of Europe , and at the Cape of Good Hope , till the middle of May following , when this interesting object was finally lost to ...
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... detected a comet not far from the star marked in Cygnus , on the 7th of November , 1795 . It was just visible to the naked eye in the telescope no nucleus was perceptible , but merely a condensation of the nebulous matter near the ...
... detected a comet not far from the star marked in Cygnus , on the 7th of November , 1795 . It was just visible to the naked eye in the telescope no nucleus was perceptible , but merely a condensation of the nebulous matter near the ...
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... detected a telescopic comet on the 26th of November , 1818 , which remained visible till the 12th of January following . It was speedily found that no parabolic orbit could be made to represent the observations within their probable ...
... detected a telescopic comet on the 26th of November , 1818 , which remained visible till the 12th of January following . It was speedily found that no parabolic orbit could be made to represent the observations within their probable ...
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