The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 304
1871. Figs. 310 and 311 showother peculiar developmentsof telescopic comets. 287. Development of Bril-liant Comets on their Ap-proach to the Sun. — Bril-liant comets, as well astelescopic comets, appearnearly alike when they comeinto the view of the tele-scope ; and it is only on^s- 311- their… … 2/8 ASTRONOMY. As the comet approaches the sun, bright vaporous jets,two or three in number, are emitted from the nucleus onthe side of the sun and in the direction of the sun. Thesejets, though directed towards the sun, are soon more or lesscarried backward, as if repelled by the sun. Fig.…
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