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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28. oldal
... rather less than in the case of Uranus . These bodies are amongst the most interest- ing objects in the heavens , and of high importance to the physical astronomer . The elements , as they are termed , of a 28 THE COMETS .
... rather less than in the case of Uranus . These bodies are amongst the most interest- ing objects in the heavens , and of high importance to the physical astronomer . The elements , as they are termed , of a 28 THE COMETS .
34. oldal
... interest attaching to this department of the science , and the difficulties with which astronomers have to contend in prosecuting their inquiries respecting these extraordinary bodies . CHAPTER IV . THE COMET OF HALLEY . AMONGST the 34 ...
... interest attaching to this department of the science , and the difficulties with which astronomers have to contend in prosecuting their inquiries respecting these extraordinary bodies . CHAPTER IV . THE COMET OF HALLEY . AMONGST the 34 ...
43. oldal
... interest with the labours of Clairault ; nor were the expectations of a high degree of exactness in the prediction disappointed by the result . In 1817 , the Academy of Sciences at Turin proposed the determination of the perturbations ...
... interest with the labours of Clairault ; nor were the expectations of a high degree of exactness in the prediction disappointed by the result . In 1817 , the Academy of Sciences at Turin proposed the determination of the perturbations ...
58. oldal
... interest to the astronomer , and we shall here recapitu- late briefly the principal points in its history . On the 17th of January , 1786 , M. Mechain , of Paris , discovered a telescopic comet , near the star ß , Aquarii . It was ...
... interest to the astronomer , and we shall here recapitu- late briefly the principal points in its history . On the 17th of January , 1786 , M. Mechain , of Paris , discovered a telescopic comet , near the star ß , Aquarii . It was ...
62. oldal
... interest , as , for the first time since the discovery of its periodicity , the apparent track amongst the stars would be peculiarly favourable to observation in Europe . The epoch of perihelion passage was fixed by Encke on the morning ...
... interest , as , for the first time since the discovery of its periodicity , the apparent track amongst the stars would be peculiarly favourable to observation in Europe . The epoch of perihelion passage was fixed by Encke on the morning ...
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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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