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" ... from whatever cause this quality may be derived. The vivacity of the light of the comet also had a much greater resemblance to the radiance of the stars, than to the mild reflection of the sun's beams from the moon, which is an additional support... "
The Philosophical Magazine: Comprehending the Various Branches of Science ... - Page 68
1809
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Volume 98

Royal Society (Great Britain) - Mathematics - 1808 - 456 pages
...founded, we are authorised to conclude, that the body of the comet on its surface is selfluminous, from whatever cause this quality may be derived. The...inference. The changes in the brightness of the small stars,when they are successively immerged in the tail or coma of the comet, or cleared from them, prove...
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The Monthly magazine, Volume 27

Monthly literary register - 1809 - 752 pages
...founded we, are authorised to conclude, that the body of the comet on its surface is self luminous, from whatever cause this quality may be derived. The...beams from the moon, which is an additional support to our former inference. The changes in the brightness of the small stars, when they are successively...
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A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts, Volumes 21-22

William Nicholson - Science - 1808 - 910 pages
...founded, we are authorised to conclude, that the body of the comet on its surface is selfluminous, from whatever cause this quality may be derived. The...is an additional support of our former inference. Which is far- The changes in the brightness of the small stars, when the'starT'.'^.^'' *'iey are succcsslv'ely...
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1809 - 574 pages
...founded, we are authorised to conclude, • that the body of the comet on its surface is self-luminous, from whatever cause this quality may be derived. The...resemblance to the radiance of the stars, than to the mild reiiection of the sun's beams from the moon, which is an additional support of our former inference....
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The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature

English literature - 1809 - 574 pages
...great a deviation .from the circular form as was presented at this time. The vivacity of the light had a much greater resemblance to the radiance of...mild reflection of the sun's beams from the moon. This is an additional support of the inference frona the calculation of its phases. It has been said...
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An Astronomical Catechism, Or, Dialogues Between a Mother and Her Daughter

Catherine Vale Whitwell - Astronomy - 1823 - 468 pages
...selfluminous, from whatever source this quality may be derived. The vivacity of the light of the comet, had a much greater resemblance to the radiance of...mild reflection of the sun's beams from the moon." The same inference has been drawn from the observations made on the comet of the year 1814, which distinctly...
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Scientific Dialogues,: Of mechanics

Jeremiah Joyce - Astronomy - 1828 - 262 pages
...1807, " we are authorized to conclude, that the body of the comet, on its surface, is self-luminous, from whatever cause this quality may be derived. The...mild reflection of the sun's beams from the moon." The same inference has been drawn from the observations made on the comet of 1811, which distinctly...
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Readings in Natural Philosophy: Or, A Popular Display of the Wonders of ...

Sir Richard Phillips - 1830 - 728 pages
...calculation. We are authorised to conclude, that the body of the comet on its surface is self-luminous, from whatever cause this quality may be derived. The vivacity of the light of the comet blso had a much greater resemblance to the radiance of the stars, than to the mild reflection of the...
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Guys̕ Elements of Astronomy: And, An Abridgement of Keiths' New Treatise on ...

Joseph Guy - Astronomy - 1832 - 412 pages
...Herschel says, we are authorized to conclude that the body of the Comet, on its surface is self luminous, from whatever cause this quality may be derived. The...had a much greater resemblance to the radiance of a star, than to the mild reflection of the sun's beams upon the moon. Comets consist (according to...
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Guy's Elements of Astronomy, and an Abridgement of Keith's New Treatise on ...

Joseph Guy - Astronomy - 1845 - 370 pages
...Herschel says, we are authorized to conclude that the body of the Comet, on its surface is self luminous, from whatever cause this quality may be derived. The...had a much greater resemblance to the radiance of a star, than to the mild reflection of the sun's beams upon the moon. Comets consist (according to...
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