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 TimeJ.N. Parker and son, 1852 - 184 oldal |
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35. oldal
... August 13th to the 23rd , Julian style . The comet was first seen at the end of July , and was visible in some parts until the beginning of September , its motion in the interval being from Leo into Libra . Lavather says it was observed ...
... August 13th to the 23rd , Julian style . The comet was first seen at the end of July , and was visible in some parts until the beginning of September , its motion in the interval being from Leo into Libra . Lavather says it was observed ...
36. oldal
... path was through Ursa Major , Bootes , Serpens , and Ophiuchus . On the evening of the 15th of August , 1682 , Flam- steed's assistant saw a comet at the Royal Observatory , Greenwich . A few days later it was more visible 36 THE COMETS .
... path was through Ursa Major , Bootes , Serpens , and Ophiuchus . On the evening of the 15th of August , 1682 , Flam- steed's assistant saw a comet at the Royal Observatory , Greenwich . A few days later it was more visible 36 THE COMETS .
37. oldal
... August 26th ; the head then appeared as large as a star of the second magnitude . On the 29th the tail was curved , the concavity on the eastern side . On September 11th the head was so confused that it was not with- out difficulty a ...
... August 26th ; the head then appeared as large as a star of the second magnitude . On the 29th the tail was curved , the concavity on the eastern side . On September 11th the head was so confused that it was not with- out difficulty a ...
46. oldal
... August , close to the computed place , which at this time was in the neighbourhood of the star Tauri . It was a faint , misty object , scarcely discerni- ble with considerable optical power under an Italian sky . The presence of ...
... August , close to the computed place , which at this time was in the neighbourhood of the star Tauri . It was a faint , misty object , scarcely discerni- ble with considerable optical power under an Italian sky . The presence of ...
47. oldal
... August 20th , the error of Professor Rosenberger's predicted place was only seven minutes of arc in right ascension and seventeen minutes in declination , which , with succeeding observations , showed that the peri- helion passage would ...
... August 20th , the error of Professor Rosenberger's predicted place was only seven minutes of arc in right ascension and seventeen minutes in declination , which , with succeeding observations , showed that the peri- helion passage would ...
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amongst the stars Aphelion appearance April arrival at perihelion astronomers August Author axis Berlin Biela bodies Bouvard bright Brorsen Burckhardt calculated Cambridge century Chinese observations Clausen Collegio Romano comet discovered comet observed Comet of Encke comet of Halley comet was observed computed constellation D'Arrest December detected diameter Discovered by Pons earth elements epoch exhibited February Gambart grand comet Greenwich Mean Halley's comet heavens Herschel Hevelius Hind History identity Isle of Bourbon January John Herschel July June Jupiter Königsberg Laugier length Lexell March Marseilles Mechain miles month motion naked eye nebulosity November nucleus numbers observatory observed in Europe Octavo October Olbers Ophiuchus parabolic Paris path perihelion distance perihelion passage period of revolution periodical comet perturbations Peter Apian Pingré planetary probable Professor Encke remarkable comet right ascension Rome Rümker Second Edition Sept September Struve sun's tail tions Tycho Brahe Ursa Major Verrier Vico
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