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 Time |
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... Vico's , Brorsen's , D'Arrest's CHAPTER VIII . Periodical comets ( continued ) -Of six comets , pro- bably with short periods - Lexell's comet in 1770 -Comets which appear to revolve round the sun in about seventy - five years - Others ...
... Vico's , Brorsen's , D'Arrest's CHAPTER VIII . Periodical comets ( continued ) -Of six comets , pro- bably with short periods - Lexell's comet in 1770 -Comets which appear to revolve round the sun in about seventy - five years - Others ...
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... Vico , who , favoured by the clear sky of Rome , observed it on the nights of July 9th and 14th . In America , two ob- servations were procured , the first at Philadelphia , on the 4th , and the second at Washington , on the 10th of the ...
... Vico , who , favoured by the clear sky of Rome , observed it on the nights of July 9th and 14th . In America , two ob- servations were procured , the first at Philadelphia , on the 4th , and the second at Washington , on the 10th of the ...
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... Vico at Rome ; Professor Challis saw it on the 1st of December with the great Northumberland telescope at Cambridge , but it was not generally recognised till the third week in December , and was last seen on the 27th of April at the ...
... Vico at Rome ; Professor Challis saw it on the 1st of December with the great Northumberland telescope at Cambridge , but it was not generally recognised till the third week in December , and was last seen on the 27th of April at the ...
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... VICO'S , BRORSEN'S , D'ARREST'S . The Periodical Comet of Faye . NEARLY a quarter of a century after the discovery of the periodicity of Encke's comet , another object of great interest was brought to light by M. Faye , one of the ...
... VICO'S , BRORSEN'S , D'ARREST'S . The Periodical Comet of Faye . NEARLY a quarter of a century after the discovery of the periodicity of Encke's comet , another object of great interest was brought to light by M. Faye , one of the ...
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... Vico . On the 22nd of August , 1844 , Father de Vico dis- covered a telescopic comet at the Collegio Romano at Rome , which continued visible in powerful telescopes until the end of the year . About the third week in September it was ...
... Vico . On the 22nd of August , 1844 , Father de Vico dis- covered a telescopic comet at the Collegio Romano at Rome , which continued visible in powerful telescopes until the end of the year . About the third week in September it was ...
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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 least distance 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 right ascension Rome Rümker Second Edition Sept September Struve sun's tail tions Tycho Brahe Ursa Major Verrier Vico