Observations Upon the Late Great Comet and Transit of Venus

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Excerpt from Observations Upon the Late Great Comet and Transit of Venus: Made at Crowborough, Sussex, in the Year 1882 As time went on, and the number of computations of its elements increased, it became apparent that it could neither be the return of the great comet of 1668, nor, as had been considered by some, identical with that of 1843 or 1880, while there were others who supposed it might be a return of the comet of 1680. Little doubt, however, was at last entertained of the stranger being a comet whose orbit is best represented by a very elongated ellipse, having a period of at least 700 years. The present generation has therefore been fortunate in witnessing the apparition of this grand comet. It was observed verv generally on the. Continent during the last week in September, particularly at Nice, Florence, and Palermo, where the weather at this time was very favourable for its examination. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.