Book contents
- Frontmatter
- EDITOR'S PREFACE
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I BELIEFS AND SUPERSTITIONS RELATIVE TO COMETS
- CHAPTER II COMETARY ASTRONOMY UP TO THE TIME OF NEWTON
- CHAPTER III THE MOTIONS AND ORBITS OF COMETS
- CHAPTER IV PERIODICAL COMETS
- CHAPTER V PERIODICAL COMETS
- CHAPTER VI THE WORLD OF COMETS AND COMETARY SYSTEMS
- CHAPTER VII PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CONSTITUTION OF COMETS
- SECTION I COMETS PHYSICALLY CONSIDERED
- SECTION II COMETARY NUCLEI, TAILS, AND COMÆ
- SECTION III COMETS DEVOID OF NUCLEUS AND TAIL
- SECTION IV DIRECTION OF THE TAILS OF COMETS
- SECTION V NUMBER OF TAILS
- SECTION VI DIFFERENT FORMS OF TAILS
- SECTION VII LENGTH OF TAILS
- SECTION VIII FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF TAILS
- SECTION IX BRILLIANCY OF COMETS
- SECTION X DIMENSIONS OF NUCLEI AND TAILS
- CHAPTER VIII PHYSICAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF COMETS
- CHAPTER IX MASS AND DENSITY OF COMETS
- CHAPTER X THE LIGHT OF COMETS
- CHAPTER XI THEORY OF COMETARY PHENOMENA
- CHAPTER XII COMETS AND SHOOTING STARS
- CHAPTER XIII COMETS AND THE EARTH
- CHAPTER XIV PHYSICAL INFLUENCES OF COMETS
- CHAPTER XV SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT COMETS
- I ELLIPTIC ELEMENTS OF THE RECOGNISED PERIODICAL COMETS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- II GENERAL CATALOGUE OF THE ORBITS OF COMETS
- Plate section
SECTION VI - DIFFERENT FORMS OF TAILS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2012
- Frontmatter
- EDITOR'S PREFACE
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I BELIEFS AND SUPERSTITIONS RELATIVE TO COMETS
- CHAPTER II COMETARY ASTRONOMY UP TO THE TIME OF NEWTON
- CHAPTER III THE MOTIONS AND ORBITS OF COMETS
- CHAPTER IV PERIODICAL COMETS
- CHAPTER V PERIODICAL COMETS
- CHAPTER VI THE WORLD OF COMETS AND COMETARY SYSTEMS
- CHAPTER VII PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CONSTITUTION OF COMETS
- SECTION I COMETS PHYSICALLY CONSIDERED
- SECTION II COMETARY NUCLEI, TAILS, AND COMÆ
- SECTION III COMETS DEVOID OF NUCLEUS AND TAIL
- SECTION IV DIRECTION OF THE TAILS OF COMETS
- SECTION V NUMBER OF TAILS
- SECTION VI DIFFERENT FORMS OF TAILS
- SECTION VII LENGTH OF TAILS
- SECTION VIII FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF TAILS
- SECTION IX BRILLIANCY OF COMETS
- SECTION X DIMENSIONS OF NUCLEI AND TAILS
- CHAPTER VIII PHYSICAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF COMETS
- CHAPTER IX MASS AND DENSITY OF COMETS
- CHAPTER X THE LIGHT OF COMETS
- CHAPTER XI THEORY OF COMETARY PHENOMENA
- CHAPTER XII COMETS AND SHOOTING STARS
- CHAPTER XIII COMETS AND THE EARTH
- CHAPTER XIV PHYSICAL INFLUENCES OF COMETS
- CHAPTER XV SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT COMETS
- I ELLIPTIC ELEMENTS OF THE RECOGNISED PERIODICAL COMETS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- II GENERAL CATALOGUE OF THE ORBITS OF COMETS
- Plate section
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- The World of Comets , pp. 216 - 220Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1877