Lewis, Isabel Martin, b. 1881 · New York, Duffield & Company · leaf 108
than 200,000,000miles in length and the comet of 1882 had a head200,000 miles in diameter and a tail 100,000,000miles long. These two comets, as well as the greatcomet of 1880, pursued nearly identical paths. Allthree were noted for their close approach to thesun. The comet of 1843, in fact, passed… … BROOKS COMET (Photographed by Barnard at the Lick Observatory) SPLENDORS OF THE SKY to be whirled around the sun in about two hoursand this fact proved conclusively that the tail couldnot be an actual appendage, but must be a seriesof emanations from the head due either to the elec-tric repulsion…
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