Giberne, Agnes, 1845- [from old catalog] · Cincinnati, National book company · leaf 84
lf of our years, so he may be said to live quite inour midst. But many comets travel much fartheraway than the one named after Halley. It is calcu-lated of some that, if they ever return at all, it can notbe for many hundreds of years. 11 Newtons Comet, seen about two centuries ago,has a journey to… … PASSAGE OF THE COMET OF 1843 CLOSE TO THE SUN (FEBRUARY27TH, IO HOURS, 29 MINUTES.) endured was about two thousand times that of red-hot iron. Changes were seen to be taking place inhis shape, as he drew near to the sun, and disappeared.Four days he was hidden in the suns rays. He van-ished, with a…
Astronomy
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