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... appearance of one of the most remarkable comets on record , that of 1843 ; by the publication of diligent observations in the northern and southern hemispheres on the last appearance of Halley's comet in 1835 ; by the third return of ...
... appearance of one of the most remarkable comets on record , that of 1843 ; by the publication of diligent observations in the northern and southern hemispheres on the last appearance of Halley's comet in 1835 ; by the third return of ...
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... appearance , are presented in Herschel's Outlines : ¶ - " Reflecting on these phenomena , and carefully considering the evi- dence afforded by the numerous and elaborately executed drawings which have been placed on record by observers ...
... appearance , are presented in Herschel's Outlines : ¶ - " Reflecting on these phenomena , and carefully considering the evi- dence afforded by the numerous and elaborately executed drawings which have been placed on record by observers ...
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... appearances of Halley's comet . He made use for this purpose of the description of comets which E. Biot obtained from the Chinese his- torians , and presented to the French Board of Longitude . Thus the comet can now be traced back ...
... appearances of Halley's comet . He made use for this purpose of the description of comets which E. Biot obtained from the Chinese his- torians , and presented to the French Board of Longitude . Thus the comet can now be traced back ...
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... appearance it was first seen at Berlin on the 29th of Novem- ber , 1845 , and at Cambridge , England , on the 1st of December . On the 19th of December , Mr. Hind of Bishop's Observatory , near London , thought it appeared unusually ...
... appearance it was first seen at Berlin on the 29th of Novem- ber , 1845 , and at Cambridge , England , on the 1st of December . On the 19th of December , Mr. Hind of Bishop's Observatory , near London , thought it appeared unusually ...
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... appearance of the same body . tt The * Gould's Astron . Journ . , I. 135 , 136 ; Astron . Nachr . , XXIV . 135-140 . † Amer . Alm . for 1847 , p . 92 . § Outlines , p . 359 ; Compt . Rend . , XX . 334 ; XXII . 644 . Compt . Rend ...
... appearance of the same body . tt The * Gould's Astron . Journ . , I. 135 , 136 ; Astron . Nachr . , XXIV . 135-140 . † Amer . Alm . for 1847 , p . 92 . § Outlines , p . 359 ; Compt . Rend . , XX . 334 ; XXII . 644 . Compt . Rend ...
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