 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - Mathematics - 1812 - 516 pages
...comet's orbit, which, though not very accurate, are however sufficiently so for my purpose, I find that the distance of the comet from the earth, at the time of observation, was nearly 114 millions of miles; from which it follows that the bright point, or what we may admit to be the... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - Mathematics - 1808 - 456 pages
...the comet, and having likewise the distance of the earth from the sun, we find by computation that the distance of the comet from the earth at the time of observation was 1,1 69 192, the mean distance of the earth being 1 . Now since the disk of the comet was observed to... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1809 - 752 pages
...consideration. The, observation of the 2d of Kelu-uarv mentions, that not only the bund and coma were sull very bright, but that also the faint remains of the tail were visible; but the distance of tho comet from the Earth, at the time of observation, was ntaily 240 millions... | |
 | William Nicholson - Science - 1808 - 910 pages
...brightness of the head, coma, and tail, from the following consideration. The observation of the2d of February mentions, that not only the head and coma...visible; but the distance of the comet from the Earth, ut the time of observation, was nearly 240 millions of miles*, which proves, I think, that no light... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1809 - 574 pages
...brightness of the head, coma, and tail, fiorn the following consideration. TWe observaffon of the ad of February mentions that not only the head and coma...bright, but that also the faint remains of the tail wtre still 'visible ; but the distance of the comet from the earth, at the time of observation, was... | |
 | English literature - 1809 - 574 pages
...so large as that of the third satellite of Jupiter. At the time ot this observation it was about 1. The distance of the comet from the earth at the time of the observation was 1. 69193 the mean distance of the earth being I. _,.. ' Now, since the disk of... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux, Edward John Routh - Physics - 1855 - 512 pages
...velocities are assumed to be V times that in a circle at the same distance. Let a first approximation to the distance of the comet from the earth at the time of the middle observation be supposed known, and let us represent it by the letter x. Newton then shows... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux, Edward John Routh - Physics - 1855 - 540 pages
...velocities are assumed to be ( times that in a circle at the same distance. Let a first approximation to the distance of the comet from the earth at the time of the middle observation be supposed known, and let us represent it by the letter x. Newton then shows... | |
 | Astronomy - 1883 - 966 pages
...sun. r< log,". rt log/i enough to serve in the comet does not "/ log it. A value is assumed for p, the distance of the comet from the earth at the time of the first observation. When the computation is executed, if «2 be equal to s, ,- the assumed value... | |
 | Art - 1809 - 822 pages
...brightness of the head, coma, and tail, from the following consideration. The observation of the 2d of February mentions, that not only the head and coma...bright, but that also the faint remains of the tail were visible; but the distance of the comet from the Earth, at the time of observation, was nearly 240 millions... | |
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... visible ; but the distance of the comet from the Earth, at the time of observation, was nearly 240 millions of miles*, which proves, I think, that no light reflected from floating particles could possibly have reached the eye, without supposing the... 