Shuler, Molton Ancrum. [from old catalog] · New York, Broadway publishing company · leaf 176
COMETS TAIL -FROM THE SUN appendage, but, as it approaches the sun, the engender-ing heat of that body causes gaseous substances toFar out in space the comet is not adorned with an148 … THE FAMILY CELESTIAL emanate from the nucleus in such a way as to forma tail, which continually increases, following behindthe comet, until it passes the sun, when the tail pre-cedes the comet and becomes continually shorter untilit finally disappears. The disposition of a comets tailis always from…
Astronomy
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