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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... December 1618 , is said to have been composed of several bright points or nuclei : Cysat observed three or four on the 8th of that month , and on the 20th the head seemed to be a cluster of small stars . Hevelius mentions something ...
... December 1618 , is said to have been composed of several bright points or nuclei : Cysat observed three or four on the 8th of that month , and on the 20th the head seemed to be a cluster of small stars . Hevelius mentions something ...
16. oldal
... horizon at the end of March , when it became conspicuous in this country , and the smaller comet of December and January 1844-5 exhibited the same phenomenon . CHAPTER II . OF THE REAL DIMENSIONS OF COMETS - 16 THE COMETS .
... horizon at the end of March , when it became conspicuous in this country , and the smaller comet of December and January 1844-5 exhibited the same phenomenon . CHAPTER II . OF THE REAL DIMENSIONS OF COMETS - 16 THE COMETS .
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... December 7 December 14 The observations of the same comet ten years later furnish another instance . It was at its least distance from the sun on the 19th of December , 1838 , and found to have had the following diameters on different ...
... December 7 December 14 The observations of the same comet ten years later furnish another instance . It was at its least distance from the sun on the 19th of December , 1838 , and found to have had the following diameters on different ...
40. oldal
... December 25 , 1758 , by an amateur astronomer , named Palitzch , a farmer living at Prohlis , near Dresden , who saw it with his telescope of eight - feet focus , and not with the naked eye as frequently stated . The Baron de Zach was ...
... December 25 , 1758 , by an amateur astronomer , named Palitzch , a farmer living at Prohlis , near Dresden , who saw it with his telescope of eight - feet focus , and not with the naked eye as frequently stated . The Baron de Zach was ...
41. oldal
... December ; and on the 28th of the same month it was 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 ...
... December ; and on the 28th of the same month it was 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 ...
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The Comets - A Descriptive Treatise Upon Those Bodies, with a Condensed ... John Russell Hind Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2011 |
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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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