On the Physical Constitution of Comets
Author: Olinthus Gregory Downes
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Published: 1860
Total Pages: 58
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Author: Olinthus Gregory Downes
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Published: 1860
Total Pages: 58
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Christopher Kemplay
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Published: 1859
Total Pages: 138
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Tofigh Heidarzadeh
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2008-05-23
Total Pages: 283
ISBN-13: 1402083238
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlthough the development of ideas about the motion and trajectory of comets has been investigated piecemeal, we lack a comprehensive and detailed survey of ph- ical theories of comets. The available works either illustrate relatively short periods in the history of physical cometology or portray a landscape view without adequate details. The present study is an attempt to review – with more details – the major physical theories of comets in the past two millennia, from Aristotle to Whipple. My research, however, did not begin with antiquity. The basic question from which this project originated was a simple inquiry about the cosmic identity of comets at the dawn of the astronomical revolution: how did natural philosophers and astronomers define the nature and place of a new category of celestial objects – comets – after Brahe’s estimation of cometary distances? It was from this turning point in the history of cometary theories that I expanded my studies in both the pre-modern and modern eras. A study starting merely from Brahe and ending with Newton, without covering classical and medieval thought about comets, would be incomplete and leave the fascinating achievements of post-Newtonian cometology unexplored.
Author: John Frederick William Herschel
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Published: 1985
Total Pages: 34
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: James Craig Watson
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Published: 1861
Total Pages: 384
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: François Arago
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Published: 1832
Total Pages: 112
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: William Augustus Norton
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Published: 1872
Total Pages: 614
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Published: 1852
Total Pages: 208
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Dominique François J. Arago
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Published: 1833
Total Pages: 138
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David Milne-Home
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Published: 1828
Total Pages: 218
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