... to that event. This perhaps is the first instance where an envelope has been seen in embryo at the surface of the nucleus, and has been traced through successive stages to a full development. The same phenomenon was subsequently illustrated in the... The Mathematical Monthly - Page 941859Full view - About this book
| Geology - 1859 - 384 pages
...phenomenon was subsequently illustrated in the case of the present comet by several exhibitions of a similar nature ; their history has a peculiar value, because it affords an insight into mysterious processes by which the train is thrown out from the nucleus, under the stimulating influence... | |
| Science - 1859 - 394 pages
...exhibitions of a similar nature ; their history has a peculiar value, because it affords an insight into mysterious processes by which the train is thrown...following were the most conspicuous gradations of light recognised in its neighbourhood. Commencing with the dark axis we have : — \st. The axis, a narrow,... | |
| Mary Ward - Astronomy - 1859 - 322 pages
...through successive stages. "The same phenomenon was subsequently illustrated by several exhibitions of a similar nature: their history has a peculiar value,...which the train is thrown out from the nucleus."* Another set of phenomena appeared on October 15th., in the shape of "comma.like" appendages to the... | |
| Science - 1859 - 750 pages
...phenomenon was subsequently illustrated in the case of the present comet by several exhibitions of a similar nature ; their history has a peculiar value, because it affords an insight into mysterious processes by which the train is thrown out from the nucleus, under the stimulating influence... | |
| Almanacs, American - 1860 - 432 pages
...phenomenon was subsequently illustrated in the case of the present comet by several exhibitions of a similar nature ; their history has a peculiar value,...neighborhood. Commencing with the dark axis, we have, first, a narrow, well-defined dark stripe penetrating quite up to the central body. Next in order towards... | |
| James Craig Watson - Comets - 1861 - 384 pages
...through all its successive stages ; and thus have the means been furnished for investigating in detail the mysterious processes by which the train is thrown out from the nucleus, under the action of forces whose nature and mode of operation will be fully explained when we come to treat of... | |
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