Download or read book On the Determination of the Distance of a Comet from the Earth written by J. W. Lubbock and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-08-21 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A one-volume reissue of works published between 1832 and 1861, including writings on astronomy, gases and the tides.

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Download or read book On the Determination of the Orbits of Comets written by Sir Henry Englefield and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-27 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1793, this concise monograph is a valuable early manual for the computation of cometary movement.

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