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Comets and Meteors. Ever since Halley discovered that the comet of 1682 was a
member of the solar system, these wonderful objects have had a new interest for
astronomers ; and a comparison of orbits has often identified the return of a ...
Comets and Meteors. Ever since Halley discovered that the comet of 1682 was a
member of the solar system, these wonderful objects have had a new interest for
astronomers ; and a comparison of orbits has often identified the return of a ...
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few comets have given bright band spectra differing from the normal type. Also a
certain kind of continuous spectrum, as well as reflected solar light showing
Frauenhofer lines, have been seen. When Wells's comet, in 1882, approached
very ...
few comets have given bright band spectra differing from the normal type. Also a
certain kind of continuous spectrum, as well as reflected solar light showing
Frauenhofer lines, have been seen. When Wells's comet, in 1882, approached
very ...
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Other comets are similarly associated with the planets Saturn and Uranus. The
physical transformations of comets are among the most wonderful of unexplained
phenomena in the heavens. But, for physical astronomers, the greatest interest ...
Other comets are similarly associated with the planets Saturn and Uranus. The
physical transformations of comets are among the most wonderful of unexplained
phenomena in the heavens. But, for physical astronomers, the greatest interest ...
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Ancient AstronomyChinese and Chaldeans | 7 |
Ancient Greek Astronomy | 13 |
The Reign of Epicycles From Ptolemy | 23 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | History of Astronomy The history of science series |
| Author | George Forbes |
| Publisher | Watts, 1921 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 5 Aug 2010 |
| Length | 150 pages |
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