Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtGould and Lincoln, 1863 |
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... Comet of 1858 , " by Prof. G. P. Bond ; the whole forming Vol . iv . of the Annals of the Observatory of Harvard College . The work- a large quarto contains fifty - one engrav- ings , many of large size , in which the comet is ...
... Comet of 1858 , " by Prof. G. P. Bond ; the whole forming Vol . iv . of the Annals of the Observatory of Harvard College . The work- a large quarto contains fifty - one engrav- ings , many of large size , in which the comet is ...
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... Comet that has yet been written , and , we may say , the most attrac- tive . The publication of a splendid work , in large folio , entitled " The Satellite , " has been commenced in London , by Dr. A. D'Orsan ; the chief feature of ...
... Comet that has yet been written , and , we may say , the most attrac- tive . The publication of a splendid work , in large folio , entitled " The Satellite , " has been commenced in London , by Dr. A. D'Orsan ; the chief feature of ...
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... Comet also took place in the beginning of the year 1862 , and when first observed varied only about a minute and a half from its predicted or theoretical place , a quantity equal to about one- twentieth of the apparent diameter of the ...
... Comet also took place in the beginning of the year 1862 , and when first observed varied only about a minute and a half from its predicted or theoretical place , a quantity equal to about one- twentieth of the apparent diameter of the ...
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... comet to the repellant action of the sun in driving off the comet's tail -a subject to which we shall presently revert . In view of these controverted points , it will be hardly fair to consider it certain that the motions of the ...
... comet to the repellant action of the sun in driving off the comet's tail -a subject to which we shall presently revert . In view of these controverted points , it will be hardly fair to consider it certain that the motions of the ...
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... comet of the year enjoys are the geographical and historical circum- stances of its earliest discovery at Athens by M. Schmidt , and of its being the first physical discovery in the celestial spaces made there in modern times . After an ...
... comet of the year enjoys are the geographical and historical circum- stances of its earliest discovery at Athens by M. Schmidt , and of its being the first physical discovery in the celestial spaces made there in modern times . After an ...
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Seite 140 - In this ascension, six pigeons were taken up. One was thrown out at the height of three miles ; it extended its wings and dropped...
Seite 171 - In order to explain,' he says, ' the occurrence of the dark lines in the solar spectrum, we must assume that the solar atmosphere encloses a luminous nucleus, producing a continuous spectrum, the brightness of which exceeds a certain limit. The most probable supposition which can be made respecting the sun's constitution is, that it consists of a solid or liquid nucleus, heated to a temperature of the brightest whiteness, surrounded by an atmosphere of somewhat lower temperature. This supposition...