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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18. oldal
... June 1845 had a bright planetary - looking nucleus , which must have been nearly 8000 miles in diameter , or about equal to that of the earth . On the 24th of January , 1836 , Mr. Maclear , at the Cape of Good Hope , saw a well ...
... June 1845 had a bright planetary - looking nucleus , which must have been nearly 8000 miles in diameter , or about equal to that of the earth . On the 24th of January , 1836 , Mr. Maclear , at the Cape of Good Hope , saw a well ...
32. oldal
... June 1 - i . e . , having the value ap- plying to January 1 we wish to find what it would be at the beginning of June . The interval is divided into certain equal periods , and for the middle day of each period , the diurnal variation ...
... June 1 - i . e . , having the value ap- plying to January 1 we wish to find what it would be at the beginning of June . The interval is divided into certain equal periods , and for the middle day of each period , the diurnal variation ...
42. oldal
... June 3rd , when the comet was finally seen by Messier . Its aspect in 1759 was not so imposing in these parts of the world as some astronomers had anticipated , but this was mainly owing to its position near the vapours of the horizon ...
... June 3rd , when the comet was finally seen by Messier . Its aspect in 1759 was not so imposing in these parts of the world as some astronomers had anticipated , but this was mainly owing to its position near the vapours of the horizon ...
50. oldal
... June , and is described by the historians of the day as great , terrible , of extra- ordinary magnitude , ' training after it a tail which covered two celestial signs , ' or was 60 ° in length . It was beheld with equal awe by the Turks ...
... June , and is described by the historians of the day as great , terrible , of extra- ordinary magnitude , ' training after it a tail which covered two celestial signs , ' or was 60 ° in length . It was beheld with equal awe by the Turks ...
52. oldal
... . The comet is mentioned by several Saxon chronologists , and by Elmacin , in his history of the Saracens . The perihelion occurred on the 12th of September . Another comet recorded by the Chinese in May and June 52 THE COMETS .
... . The comet is mentioned by several Saxon chronologists , and by Elmacin , in his history of the Saracens . The perihelion occurred on the 12th of September . Another comet recorded by the Chinese in May and June 52 THE COMETS .
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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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