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He then predicted its return at the end of 1758 or beginning of 1759, when he
should be dead ; but, as he said, " if it should return, according to our prediction,
about the year 1758, impartial posterity will not refuse to acknowledge that this
was ...
He then predicted its return at the end of 1758 or beginning of 1759, when he
should be dead ; but, as he said, " if it should return, according to our prediction,
about the year 1758, impartial posterity will not refuse to acknowledge that this
was ...
Page 122
Halley's comet remained the only one of which a prediction of the return had
been confirmed, until the orbit of the small, ill-defined comet found by Pons in
1819 was computed by Encke, and found to have a period of 2)6 years. It was
predicted ...
Halley's comet remained the only one of which a prediction of the return had
been confirmed, until the orbit of the small, ill-defined comet found by Pons in
1819 was computed by Encke, and found to have a period of 2)6 years. It was
predicted ...
Page 124
H. A. Newton predicted a return of the shower on the night of November 13th-
14th, 1866. He is now dead ; but many of us are alive to recall the wonder and
enthusiasm with which we saw this prediction being fulfilled by the grandest
display of ...
H. A. Newton predicted a return of the shower on the night of November 13th-
14th, 1866. He is now dead ; but many of us are alive to recall the wonder and
enthusiasm with which we saw this prediction being fulfilled by the grandest
display of ...
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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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