Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony), 1837-1888 · New York, R. Worthington · leaf 186
re their head and tails are developed.But the least distance of the comet of 1811 from the sunwas little less than 100 millions ofmiles. Again, although COMETS. ,175 it had so remarkable an appearance, as seen from theearth, the distance of that comet from us was at no timeless than no millions of… … Fig. 8.—Comet of 1811. sun, its appearance would probably have been terrible inthe extreme. If we consider the enormous volume occupiedl>y this comet and its tail,.its Million cubic miles of head,Ten billion leagues of tail, we shall see that the phenomena we have to interpret ought_not to…
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