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Page xiii
... COMETS . 324 Great number of recorded comets . The number of those unrecorded probably much greater . General description of a comet . Comets with- out tails , or with more than one . Their extreme tenuity . Their probable structure ...
... COMETS . 324 Great number of recorded comets . The number of those unrecorded probably much greater . General description of a comet . Comets with- out tails , or with more than one . Their extreme tenuity . Their probable structure ...
Page xiv
... comet of 1843. Its probable identity with several older comets . Great interest at present attached to cometary astronomy , and its reasons . Remarks on cometary orbits in general PART II . OF THE PLANETARY PERTURBATIONS . · - Page 340 ...
... comet of 1843. Its probable identity with several older comets . Great interest at present attached to cometary astronomy , and its reasons . Remarks on cometary orbits in general PART II . OF THE PLANETARY PERTURBATIONS . · - Page 340 ...
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... Elements of the Orbits of the Satellites , so far as they are known · IV . Elements of Periodical Comets at their last Appearance INDEX 622 - 645 - 647 649 - 652 - 653 OUTLINES OF ASTRONOMY . INTRODUCTION . ( 1. ) EVERY xvi CONTENTS .
... Elements of the Orbits of the Satellites , so far as they are known · IV . Elements of Periodical Comets at their last Appearance INDEX 622 - 645 - 647 649 - 652 - 653 OUTLINES OF ASTRONOMY . INTRODUCTION . ( 1. ) EVERY xvi CONTENTS .
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... comets , in whose apparent places among the stars , and among each other , the observation of a few days , or even hours , is sufficient to exhibit an indisputable alteration . ( 300. ) Uranography , then , as it concerns the fixed ce ...
... comets , in whose apparent places among the stars , and among each other , the observation of a few days , or even hours , is sufficient to exhibit an indisputable alteration . ( 300. ) Uranography , then , as it concerns the fixed ce ...
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... atmosphere , and possibly also of the medium surrounding it ( whatever it be ) which resists the motions of comets , cannot be thus eliminated . Note to the edition of 1833 . 239 CHAPTER VII . OF THE MOON . - ITS 238 OUTLINES OF ASTRONOMY .
... atmosphere , and possibly also of the medium surrounding it ( whatever it be ) which resists the motions of comets , cannot be thus eliminated . Note to the edition of 1833 . 239 CHAPTER VII . OF THE MOON . - ITS 238 OUTLINES OF ASTRONOMY .
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