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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... earth CHAPTER III . Of the paths of comets in space - Elements of their orbits - Uses of a table of elements - Effects of planetary attraction upon their movements The comet of Halley CHAPTER IV . CHAPTER V. Comets of short period - The ...
... earth CHAPTER III . Of the paths of comets in space - Elements of their orbits - Uses of a table of elements - Effects of planetary attraction upon their movements The comet of Halley CHAPTER IV . CHAPTER V. Comets of short period - The ...
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... earth CHAPTER III . Of the paths of comets in space - Elements of their orbits - Uses of a table of elements - Effects of planetary attraction upon their movements The comet of Halley CHAPTER IV . 17 27 35 CHAPTER V. Comets of short ...
... earth CHAPTER III . Of the paths of comets in space - Elements of their orbits - Uses of a table of elements - Effects of planetary attraction upon their movements The comet of Halley CHAPTER IV . 17 27 35 CHAPTER V. Comets of short ...
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... earth , and particularly on its intrinsic brightness , or rather , we should say , on its capability of reflecting the sun's rays . Some of these bodies have been observed at a far greater distance from the earth and sun than others ...
... earth , and particularly on its intrinsic brightness , or rather , we should say , on its capability of reflecting the sun's rays . Some of these bodies have been observed at a far greater distance from the earth and sun than others ...
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... earth , and on the direction of its real movement , in reference to that of our globe . The comet of 1729 which , as already remarked , was always very remote from us , traversed an arc of only 15 ° during the six months it continued in ...
... earth , and on the direction of its real movement , in reference to that of our globe . The comet of 1729 which , as already remarked , was always very remote from us , traversed an arc of only 15 ° during the six months it continued in ...
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... earth and sun , by its position in respect to the former , and possibly also in some degree by actual change in the form of the comet itself . The envelope , mentioned by astronomers in their observations of large comets , consists of a ...
... earth and sun , by its position in respect to the former , and possibly also in some degree by actual change in the form of the comet itself . The envelope , mentioned by astronomers in their observations of large comets , consists of a ...
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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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