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 |
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... observed , and the Pope , Calixtus III ... Chinese astronomers , though they looked upon comets without any fears of their malignant agencies , had a very fanciful opinion respecting them , which never- theless led to the frequent observation ...
... observed , and the Pope , Calixtus III ... Chinese astronomers , though they looked upon comets without any fears of their malignant agencies , had a very fanciful opinion respecting them , which never- theless led to the frequent observation ...
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... observed in China , according to the annals of the various dynasties reigning in that country . But as the telescope ... Chinese , it is true , were very diligent in their celestial observations , yet many comets must have escaped their ...
... observed in China , according to the annals of the various dynasties reigning in that country . But as the telescope ... Chinese , it is true , were very diligent in their celestial observations , yet many comets must have escaped their ...
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... observed during the nights . The comet of 1744 was observed with the telescope at noon - day , and some persons were able ... Chinese , we find twenty - three were white , twenty bluish , four red or reddish - yellow , and two greenish ...
... observed during the nights . The comet of 1744 was observed with the telescope at noon - day , and some persons were able ... Chinese , we find twenty - three were white , twenty bluish , four red or reddish - yellow , and two greenish ...
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... Chinese observations . The comet of 178 had an appendage of equal length . That of 390 , observed in Europe and China , is said to have had a train of the enormous length of 100 ° . The grand comet of 837 , mentioned by nearly all the ...
... Chinese observations . The comet of 178 had an appendage of equal length . That of 390 , observed in Europe and China , is said to have had a train of the enormous length of 100 ° . The grand comet of 837 , mentioned by nearly all the ...
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... observed at Constan- tinople in 912 , 1340 , 1402 , 1456 , and many others . The Chinese compare the tail of the comet of 1232 to the tusk of an elephant . The grand comets of 1264 , 1618 , and 1689 , exhibited curved tails 80 ° or 100 ...
... observed at Constan- tinople in 912 , 1340 , 1402 , 1456 , and many others . The Chinese compare the tail of the comet of 1232 to the tusk of an elephant . The grand comets of 1264 , 1618 , and 1689 , exhibited curved tails 80 ° or 100 ...
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