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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... heavens Their nuclei and tails - Apparent di- mensions . PAGE . 1 • 17 CHAPTER II . Of the real dimensions of comets - Phases observed in some of them — Their physical constitution— Chances of collision with the earth CHAPTER III . Of ...
... heavens Their nuclei and tails - Apparent di- mensions . PAGE . 1 • 17 CHAPTER II . Of the real dimensions of comets - Phases observed in some of them — Their physical constitution— Chances of collision with the earth CHAPTER III . Of ...
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... heavens Their nuclei and tails - Apparent di- mensions . PAGE . 1 CHAPTER II . Of the real dimensions of comets - Phases observed in some of them - Their physical constitution— Chances of collision with the earth CHAPTER III . Of the ...
... heavens Their nuclei and tails - Apparent di- mensions . PAGE . 1 CHAPTER II . Of the real dimensions of comets - Phases observed in some of them - Their physical constitution— Chances of collision with the earth CHAPTER III . Of the ...
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... HEAVENS - THEIR NUCLEI AND TAILS - APPARENT DIMENSIONS . COMETS are nebulous - looking bodies , moving in orbits of great eccentricity , and visible to us only about the time of their nearest approach to the sun , or , as it is termed ...
... HEAVENS - THEIR NUCLEI AND TAILS - APPARENT DIMENSIONS . COMETS are nebulous - looking bodies , moving in orbits of great eccentricity , and visible to us only about the time of their nearest approach to the sun , or , as it is termed ...
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... heaven , which was considered to be manifested by its appearance . Again , in June , 1456 , when the successes of the Turks ... heavens , the results of which have been found most valuable in modern times . The number of comets from the ...
... heaven , which was considered to be manifested by its appearance . Again , in June , 1456 , when the successes of the Turks ... heavens , the results of which have been found most valuable in modern times . The number of comets from the ...
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... heavens only , so as to be invisible in Europe , and allowing for this , we shall probably be within reason- able limits when we assume that upwards of 4000 have approached the sun within the orbit of Mars since the commencement of the ...
... heavens only , so as to be invisible in Europe , and allowing for this , we shall probably be within reason- able limits when we assume that upwards of 4000 have approached the sun within the orbit of Mars since the commencement of the ...
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