Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York, Huntington and Savage, Mason and Law · leaf 149
e often have a sideview of them, under which circumstances they would, of course, appeal- much larger.By observing the last cut, the student will easily see how a comet might contract as itapproaches the Sun, as it seems to in the cut, and yet appear much larger when inhis neighborhood, than when… … 6 §4. How are the Orbits of Comets situated with respect to theEcliptic ? They approach the Sun from every point of theheavens, all around and on both sides of the ecliptic. [Some comets seem to come up from the immeasurable depths below the ecliptic,and having passed their perihelion, plunge off…
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