The Telescope a Familiar Sketch Combining a Special Notice of Objects Coming W
The Telescope a Familiar Sketch Combining a Special Notice of Objects Coming W
Michael P Ward
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F So lately as 1850, a faintly-illuminated third ring has been discovered in the space between the planet and the inner ring, and lying in the same plane. J * ' Cosmos, ' vol. Ii, p. 319. * t Ibid. , vol. Iii, p. 382. J Ibid. , p. 383. The Telescope. CHAPTER X. COMETS. jlHESE extraordinary and as yet imperfectly un- derstood objects scarcely lie within the province of our little treatise, which chiefly undertakes to describe such appearances as are ordinarily to be observed in the heavens. Stil...l, as a comet sometimes appears visi- ble to the naked eye, and the grand and unexpected visitor of 1858 will long be remembered, we shall offer a few general remarks on the subject, and also make allusion to five or six comets, which may have been seen by some of the readers of this book. The number of comets is believed to be very great. * Their apppearance has been recorded from remote antiquity; several hundreds have been described, and the illustrious Kepler compared the numbers which probably exist to the multitude of " fishes in the sea.
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