 Lepaute was such, that, without her, we never could have dared to undertake this enormous labor, in which it was necessary to calculate the distance of each of the two planets, Jupiter and Saturn, from the comet, and their attraction upon that body, separately,...  A New Manual of the Elements of Astronomy, Descriptive and Mathematical ... - Page 218by Henry Kiddle - 1877 - 284 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel - Astronomy - 1860 - 698 pages
...Lepaute was such, that without her we never should have dared to undertake the enormous labour, in which it was necessary to calculate the distance of each...the two planets, Jupiter and Saturn, from the comet, separately for every degree, for one hundred and fifty years." Amid all these difficulties, the computers... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - Astronomy - 1860 - 614 pages
...the exact details of the disturbances are too complicated to admit of any exposition here. neceaiary to calculate the distance of each of the two planets, Jupiter and Saturn, from tho comet, and their attraction upon that body, separately, for every nuccessive degree, and for 150... | |
 | James Craig Watson - Comets - 1861 - 384 pages
...night, and even late in the evening, without intermission, for a period of six months ; having computed the distance of each of the two planets, Jupiter and Saturn, from the comet, and their attraction upon that body, separately for each degree of the orbit, during a period of 150 years.... | |
 | English fiction - 1882 - 724 pages
...Lepaute was such that, without her, we never could have dared to undertake this enormous labour, in which it was necessary to calculate the distance of each...two planets, Jupiter and Saturn, from the comet, and their attraction upon that body separately for every successive degree, and for one hundred and fifty... | |
 | Henry Kiddle - Astronomy - 1868 - 300 pages
...mathematical science that seventy-five years had brought forth. This was a gigantic undertaking 1 , since it was necessary to calculate the distance of...of it by Madame Lapaute; and after six months spent m calculations, from morning to night, this enormous sum was worked out, and the day of the comet's... | |
 | Mary Ward (Hon.) - 1869 - 220 pages
...comet's expected return approached. During six months they calculated from morning to night, and computed the distance of each of the two planets, Jupiter and Saturn, from the comet separately for every degree, for one hundred and fifty years.* The period came on rapidly before the... | |
 | Henry Kiddle - Astronomy - 1871 - 298 pages
...seemed to have been nearly identical with that of the comet of 1682. 6. The Prediction Realized.—As the time drew near, the attention of the scientific...and for two revolutions of the comet, or 150 years. Cladraut and Lalande, two French mathematicians, undertook the work, the latter being assisted in the... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1873 - 336 pages
...Lepaute was such, that without her we never could have dared to undertake this enormous labour, in which it was necessary to calculate the distance of each...two planets, Jupiter and Saturn, from the comet, and their attraction upon that body, separately, for every successive degree, and for a hundred and fifty... | |
 | Augusta Jane Wilson - 1883 - 396 pages
...her was such that, without her, we never should have dared to undertake the enormous labor in which it was necessary to calculate the distance of each...the two planets, Jupiter and Saturn, from the comet, separately for every degree, for one hundred and fifty years.' Uncle Eric, remember— " Whoso cures... | |
 | Phrenology - 1882 - 688 pages
...her was such that, without her, we never should have dared to undertake the enormous labor in which it was necessary to calculate the distance of each...two planets,' Jupiter and Saturn, from the comet, separately for every degree, for one hundred and fifty years." We read recently an article, which contained... | |
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