A high-school astronomy: in which the descriptive, physical, and practical are combined .. (1859)
Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York, Mason brothers · leaf 144
and contract as theyrecede from him, until they often nearly disappear beforethe comet gets out of sight. Instances have occurred inwhich tails of comets have been suddenly expa/nded orelongated to a great distance. This is said to have beenthe case with the great comet of 1811. 295. Form of the… … COMET OF 1744. 297. Comets have been known to exhibit several tailsat the same time. That of 1744, represented in the cut,had no less than six tailsspread out in the heavens,like an enormous fan. Thecomet of 1823 is said to havehad two tails, one of whichextended toward the sun. The comet of 1744,…
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