 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1808 - 456 pages
...instance, the aurora borealis, than when we unnecessarily ascribe their light to a reflection of the sun's illumination thrown upon vapours supposed to arise...zones of the heavens, as it appeared on either of the days between the 6th of December, and the 21st of February, it would have been put down in the list... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1809 - 752 pages
...than when we unnecessarily ascribe their light to a reflection of the sun's illumination thrown upoa vapours supposed to arise from the body of the comet....the gradual increase of the distance of our comet, nc have seen, that it assumed the resemblance of a nebula; ai>d it is certain, that had I met with... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1808 - 910 pages
...was » '89737. J The comet's distance from the sun was 1-683 196. lumination (1 916044*, lumination thrown upon vapours supposed to arise from the body...gradual increase of the distance of our comet, we hare seen, that it assumed the resemblance of a nebula ; and it is certain, that had I met with it... | |
 | 1809 - 604 pages
...as the aurora borealis, than when we unnecessarily ascribe their light to a reflection of the sun's illumination thrown. upon vapours supposed to arise from the body of the comet. From the second part of this paper we learn, thai on the l€th of June 1807, Dr. Herschel observed... | |
 | 1810 - 708 pages
...{Turned the rcfcmblance of a nebula; and it ii certain, that had I met with it in one of my fwecps of the zones of the heavens, as it appeared on either of the days between the 6th of December, and the zift of February, it would have been put down in the lift... | |
 | 1828 - 456 pages
...the Comet of 1807, " we have seen that it assumed the semblance of a nebula ; and it is certain, thai had I met with it in one of my sweeps of the zones of the heavens, as it appeared on either of the days between the 6th December and the 21st February, it would have been put down in the list I have... | |
 | 1828 - 450 pages
...Comet," says Herschel, speaking of the Comet of 1807, " we have seen that it assumed the semblance of a nebula ; and it is certain, that had I met with...zones of the heavens, as it appeared on either of the days between the 6th December and the 21at February, it would have been put down in the list I have... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1828 - 262 pages
...aurora borealis, than when we unnecessarily ascribe the light to a reflection of the sun's illuminations thrown upon vapours supposed to arise from the body of the comet. The tail of the comet, in 1807, was ascertained to be more than nine millions of miles in length; and... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1830 - 728 pages
...instance, the aurora borealis, than when we unnecessarily ascribe their light to a reflection of the sun's illumination thrown upon vapours supposed to arise from the body of the comet. Experiments made with a View of ascertaining the Changes produced in Atmospheric Air and Oxygen Gas... | |
 | 1809 - 822 pages
...instance, the aurora borealis, than when vfe unnecessarily ascribe their light to a reflection of the sun's illumination thrown upon vapours supposed to arise...nebula; and it is certain, that had I met with it in one * 2398ÍH939. t The sun's mean distance being 1, that of the comet was 2'89?97. J The comet's distance... | |
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October, was expanded over a space of more than 9 million of miles,* may be accounted for more satisfactorily, by admitting them to consist of radiant matter, such as, for instance, the aurora borealis, than when we unnecessarily ascribe their light to... 