The geography of the heavens, and class book of astronomy: (1853)
Burritt, Elijah H. (Elijah Hinsdale), 1794-1838, Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868, Dick, Thomas, 1774-1857. [from old catalog] · New York, F. J. Huntington [etc.] · leaf 260
th referunce to their com-Mgition, may comets be divided? Describe the different appearances of comets atdifferent distances from the Sun. In what part of their orbit are their phenoroci.a seento the beiil advantage ? 22 254 COMETS. light is more dazzling than that of any other celestial body,the… … The luminous train of a comet usually follows it, as iapproaches the Sun, and goes before it, when the cometrecedes from the Sun: sometimes the tail is considerablycurved towards the region to which the comet is tending,and in some instances, it has been observed to form a rightangle with a line…
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