Kippax, John Robert, 1849- [from old catalog] · New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 512
nd a half.Its nucleus was four hundred and twenty-eight milesin diameter, and of a ruddy hue, and was enclosed withina nebulous globe one hundred and twenty-seven thou-sand miles across. The length of the tail was onehundred and thirty million miles, and its breadth nearlyfifteen million miles. The… … Yerkes Observatory Plate XLII. Halleys Comet, May 29, 1910 (The tail is about 8° long) Comets and Meteors 411 Whate er portends thy front of fireAnd streaming locks, so lovely pale,Or peace to man or judgment dire,Stranger of heaven, I bid thee hail! The splendid comet of 1843 was one of the…
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