 | Edmond Halley - Science - 1706 - 412 pages
...Elements of their Motions, and that which induced me to conftruft it, is, That whenever a new Comet (hall appear, we may be able to know, by comparing together the Elements, whether it be any of thofe which hasappear'd before, and confequently to determine its Period, and the Axis of its Orbit, and to foretell... | |
 | Edmond Halley - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1708 - 414 pages
...Elements of their Motions, and that which induced me to conftruft it, is, That whenever a new Comet (hall appear, we may be able to know, by comparing together the Elements, whether it be any of thole which has appear'd before, and confequently to determine its Period, and the Axis of its Orbit,... | |
 | Samuel Vince - Astronomy - 1811 - 260 pages
...their motions, and that which indeed induced me to construct it, is, that whenever a new comet shall appear, we may be able to know, by comparing together the elements, whether it be any of those which have appeared before, and consequently to determine its period, and the axis of its orbit,... | |
 | Samuel Vince - Astronomia - 1814 - 602 pages
...their motions, and that which indeed induced me to construct it, is, that whenever a new comet shall appear, we may be able to know, by comparing together the elements, whether it be any of those which has appeared before, and consequently to determine its period, and the axis of its orbit,... | |
 | Samuel Vince - Hydrostatics - 1820 - 472 pages
...their motions, and that which indeed induced me to construct it, is, that whenever a new comet shall appear, we may be able to know, by comparing together the elements, whether it be any of those which have appeared before, and consequently to determine it's period, and the axis of it's orbit,... | |
 | 1909 - 844 pages
...their motion, and, indeed that which induced me to construct it, is that whenever a new comet shall appear we may be able to know by comparing together the elements whether it be any of those which had appeared before, and consequently to determine its period and the axis of its orbit,... | |
 | James Smith (author of the Panorama of science and art.) - Industrial arts - 1859 - 964 pages
...; the end for which he compiled this table, he observes, was this, that whenever a new comet shall appear, we may be able to know, by comparing together the elements, whether it be any of those which have appeared before, and consequently to determine its period, and the axis of its orbit,... | |
 | 1909 - 858 pages
...their motion, and, indeed that which induced me to construct it. is that whenever a new comet shall appear we may be able to know by comparing together the elements whether it be any of those which had appeared before, and consequently to determine its period and the axis of its orbit,... | |
 | Nineteenth century - 1909 - 1132 pages
...comets, beginning with the year 1337 and ending with the year 1698. He explains its use, thus : — 1 we may be able to know by comparing together the elements whether it be any of those which had appeared before, and consequently to determine its period and the axis of its orbit,... | |
 | Sara Schechner - Religion - 1999 - 386 pages
...Elements of their Motions, and that which induced me to construct it, is, That whenever a new Comet shall appear, we may be able to know, by comparing together the Elements, whether it be any of those which has appear'd before, and consequently to determine its Period, and the Axis of its Orbit,... | |
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... appeared before, and consequently to determine its period, and the axis of its orbit, and to foretell its return. 
