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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... give them so imposing an appearance in the heavens , and which have excited so much astonishment in all ages . But very few of the brighter comets have been observed without an appendage of this kind , though the telescopic 10 THE COMETS .
... give them so imposing an appearance in the heavens , and which have excited so much astonishment in all ages . But very few of the brighter comets have been observed without an appendage of this kind , though the telescopic 10 THE COMETS .
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... give the whole train the form of a sabre . The ancient historians fre- quently make use of this simile in describing the aspect of these bodies . The comet which appeared about the time of the Battle of Salamina , A.D. 479 , was of this ...
... give the whole train the form of a sabre . The ancient historians fre- quently make use of this simile in describing the aspect of these bodies . The comet which appeared about the time of the Battle of Salamina , A.D. 479 , was of this ...
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... • 0.36 December 16 • 4,250 • • 0.35 December 17 • 3,000 0.34 • The nebulosity surrounding the nucleus of the great comet of 1807 expanded as the distance from the sun increased . The measures of Schröter give the fol- lowing 20 THE COMETS .
... • 0.36 December 16 • 4,250 • • 0.35 December 17 • 3,000 0.34 • The nebulosity surrounding the nucleus of the great comet of 1807 expanded as the distance from the sun increased . The measures of Schröter give the fol- lowing 20 THE COMETS .
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... give the fol- lowing diameters , expressed as before in English miles . The comet was nearest to the sun on September 19th : - 1807 . October 20 October 21 October 22 October 23 October 25 October 31 November 3 Diameter in Miles ...
... give the fol- lowing diameters , expressed as before in English miles . The comet was nearest to the sun on September 19th : - 1807 . October 20 October 21 October 22 October 23 October 25 October 31 November 3 Diameter in Miles ...
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... give places at later periods , deviating several degrees from the true situation of the comet . In such cases astronomers have resorted to the ellipse , and it has been found that the comets are revolving in com- paratively short ...
... give places at later periods , deviating several degrees from the true situation of the comet . In such cases astronomers have resorted to the ellipse , and it has been found that the comets are revolving in com- paratively short ...
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