A compendium of astronomy; containing the elements of the science, familiarly explained and illustrated, with the latest discoveries. Adapted to the use of schools and academies, and of the general reader (1850)
Olmsted, Denison, 1791-1859 · New York, R. B. Collins · leaf 233
itself to theobservations of Sir Isaac Newton, and for having en-joyed the signal honor of being the first comet whoseelements were determined on the sure basis of math-ematics. The comet of 1770, is memorable for thechanges its orbit has undergone by the action of Jupiter,as will be more… … was veiy long and broad, as is represented in figure 49. Ha]leys comet (the same which re-appeared in 1835) is COMETS 221 distinguished as that whose return was first successfullypredicted, and whose orbit is best determined; andBielas and Enckes comets are well known for theirshort periods of…
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