A high-school astronomy: in which the descriptive, physical, and practical are combined .. (1853)
Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York, F. J. Huntingdon [etc.] · leaf 143
xbranches, all diverging, but curved in thesame direction. Each of these tails was about40 wide, and from 30° to 44° in length. Theedges were bright and decided, the middlefaint, and the intervening spaces as dark asthe rest of the firmament, the stars shiningin them. When circumstances were… … The following table shows the estimated diam- The comet of 1778 1805 1799 1807 1811 diameter of head 33 miles. U it QQ U 462 a u 666 tt 428 297. Have they ever more than one tail ? What peculiarity of the cometof 1823 ? (What specimen of comet with several tails ? Describe.) 140 ASTRONOMY. COMET OF…
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