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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... weeks in the sun's rays , have become conspicuous again on the other side : in these instances we have given the interval between the earliest and latest observations as sufficient for our present purpose . It would appear that out of ...
... weeks in the sun's rays , have become conspicuous again on the other side : in these instances we have given the interval between the earliest and latest observations as sufficient for our present purpose . It would appear that out of ...
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... two bodies being small , its apparent position may scarcely change in the course of the day , and if it be advancing towards the earth , the same , or nearly the same place in the heavens , may be preserved for many weeks 6 THE COMETS .
... two bodies being small , its apparent position may scarcely change in the course of the day , and if it be advancing towards the earth , the same , or nearly the same place in the heavens , may be preserved for many weeks 6 THE COMETS .
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... weeks , as in the case of the comet of 1825 , to which we have just alluded . When a comet is conspicuous to the naked eye , it consists , in nearly every case , of a roundish and more or less condensed mass of nebulous matter , termed ...
... weeks , as in the case of the comet of 1825 , to which we have just alluded . When a comet is conspicuous to the naked eye , it consists , in nearly every case , of a roundish and more or less condensed mass of nebulous matter , termed ...
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... weeks . It has frequently been remarked , that , if comets shine by reflected light , and there be anything like solidity in the nucleus , we ought at certain times to observe phases similar to those presented by the moon in the course ...
... weeks . It has frequently been remarked , that , if comets shine by reflected light , and there be anything like solidity in the nucleus , we ought at certain times to observe phases similar to those presented by the moon in the course ...
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... weeks following . Delisle , then director of the observatory at Paris , would not allow him to give notice to the ... week in March . It was found again by La Nux , at the Isle of Bourbon , on the 26th , and by Messier on the 31st ...
... weeks following . Delisle , then director of the observatory at Paris , would not allow him to give notice to the ... week in March . It was found again by La Nux , at the Isle of Bourbon , on the 26th , and by Messier on the 31st ...
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