A new manual of the elements of astronomy, descriptive and mathematical .. (1868)
Kiddle, Henry, 1824-1891 · New York, Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman & co.; Chicago, S.C. Griggs & co. · leaf 224
uring a period of more than 18 centuries, its firstrecorded appearance being in 11 B.C. It seems however, to have beena far more conspicuous object in its ancient visitations than at its morerecent returns. In 1066 and 1456, it was an object of immense sizeand splendor, and created wide-spread… … ENCKE S COMET. mined by Professor Enckeat its fourth recorded ap-pearance in 1819. Itslast return took place in1865; the next will occurin September, 1868. Thiscomet has generally ap-peared without any lumi-nous train ; but in 1848,it had a tail about 1°long, turned from thesun, and a shorter one…
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