A short course in astronomy and the use of the globes (1871)
Kiddle, Henry, 1824-1891 · New York, Chicago, Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & co. · leaf 134
rt space of twenty clays.The increase of the tail and the decrease of the head of the cometas it approaches the sun, are among the most striking phenomenapresented by these bodies. REMARKABLE COMETS. 213. Comet of 1680.—This was the comet that New-ton subjected to the calculations by which he… … GKEAT COMET OF force that binds the planets to the sun. It was veryremarkable for its splendor, and for the extent of itstrain, which stretched over an arc of 70° in the heavens,and reached the amazing length of 120,000,000 miles.With the exception of the comet of 1843, it approachednearer to the…
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