The astronomy of comets: In two parts. Part I. Containing a physical account of the solar system; the whole Theory of Comets, with the Rationale, or Physical Causes of these Phoenomena, from the earliest Ages to the present Time. Part II. Containing the practical methods of calculation. First, by the Properties of the Parabola without Tables; and secondly, by Tables prefixed to the Work, with the Construction of the Tables, whereby the Place and Distance of Comet from the Earth, together with its Latitude and Longitude in the Ecliptic, may, for any Time, be known, by any one who has but a common Skill in Plane Trigonometry. The whole Process of Calculation exemplified in the Comet which is expected to make its Appearance in the Year 1789. By Blyth Hancock, Teacher of the Mathematics
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Main Author: Hancock, Blyth 1721 or 2-1795 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bury St. Edmund's printed by P. Gedge, for J. Murray, No 32, Fleet-Street, London; and sold by all the booksellers MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]
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Item Description:English Short Title Catalog, T110886
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