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... comets are by the Chinese , who were careful observers of celestial phenomena . A comet is said to have appeared at the time of the birth of Mithridates ( 134 B.C. ) , which had a disc as large as that of the Sun ; a great comet also ...
... comets are by the Chinese , who were careful observers of celestial phenomena . A comet is said to have appeared at the time of the birth of Mithridates ( 134 B.C. ) , which had a disc as large as that of the Sun ; a great comet also ...
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... comet appeared in 1607 , which pursued a path similar to the one traced out for his comet , another was seen in 1531 , and one in 1456. Halley perceived that the intervals . between those dates corresponded to a period of about seventy ...
... comet appeared in 1607 , which pursued a path similar to the one traced out for his comet , another was seen in 1531 , and one in 1456. Halley perceived that the intervals . between those dates corresponded to a period of about seventy ...
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... comet , and arrived at the conclusion that it would reach perihelion about the middle of April 1759 ; but , owing to un- known influences - Uranus and Neptune not having been discovered - it might be a month before or behind the ...
... comet , and arrived at the conclusion that it would reach perihelion about the middle of April 1759 ; but , owing to un- known influences - Uranus and Neptune not having been discovered - it might be a month before or behind the ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I A SHORT HISTORICAL SKETCH OF ASTRONOMY | 1 |
ASTRONOMY IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY | 45 |
MILTONS ASTRONOMICAL KNOWLEDGE | 81 |
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