Young, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1834-1908, Young, Anne Sewell, b. 1871., ed · Boston, New York [etc.] Ginn and Company · leaf 281
visible by day, witha head as large as the moon, having a train which extends fromthe horizon to the zenith, and is really long enough to reachfrom the earth to the sun. Such comets are rare, however.The majority are faint wisps of light, visible only with thetelescope. Fig. 89 is a representation… … Fig. 89. — Naked-eye View of Donatis Comet, Oct. 4, 1858. (Bond.) still survives in certain quarters, although the most carefulresearch goes to prove that they really do not exert upon theearth the slightest perceptible influence of any kind. 266 DESIGNATION OF COMETS. [§ 371 Thus far, our lists…
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