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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14. oldal
... supposed to be connected with the nature of the comet itself , but Olbers pointed out that such appear- ances could only be attributed to the effects of our own atmosphere . The reason is this : the various portions of the tail of a ...
... supposed to be connected with the nature of the comet itself , but Olbers pointed out that such appear- ances could only be attributed to the effects of our own atmosphere . The reason is this : the various portions of the tail of a ...
44. oldal
... supposed to exist , from certain observed accelerations in successive returns of the periodical comet which bears his name . Omitting at first this latter consideration , the periodic time from 1759 to the next return was found to be ...
... supposed to exist , from certain observed accelerations in successive returns of the periodical comet which bears his name . Omitting at first this latter consideration , the periodic time from 1759 to the next return was found to be ...
65. oldal
... supposed to be exactly known , and those given by the observations , would be due to any error in the presumed attraction of the planet Mercury , and from these numbers the alteration re- quired to bring about a perfect agreement ...
... supposed to be exactly known , and those given by the observations , would be due to any error in the presumed attraction of the planet Mercury , and from these numbers the alteration re- quired to bring about a perfect agreement ...
66. oldal
... supposed that a thin etherial medium pervades the planetary spaces , suffi- ciently dense , however , to produce some impression on a body of such extreme tenuity as the comet in question , but incapable of exercising any sensible ...
... supposed that a thin etherial medium pervades the planetary spaces , suffi- ciently dense , however , to produce some impression on a body of such extreme tenuity as the comet in question , but incapable of exercising any sensible ...
85. oldal
... supposed to be the same , though the three orbits have a striking resemblance to each other , as the reader may see by comparing the numbers in our general table . We subjoin the dimensions of the orbit of Brorsen's comet . Aphelion ...
... supposed to be the same , though the three orbits have a striking resemblance to each other , as the reader may see by comparing the numbers in our general table . We subjoin the dimensions of the orbit of Brorsen's comet . Aphelion ...
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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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