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Des hommes et des plantes : plantes méditerranéennes, vocabulaire et usages anciens table ronde, Aix-en-Provence, mai 1992 / édité par M.-Cl. Amouretti et G. Comet.
Date: 1993- Books
The intervening years : a New Zealand account of the period between the 1910 visit of Halley's Comet and its reappearance in 1986 / by Neil Begg.
Begg, Neil C. (Neil Colquhoun), 1915-1995.Date: 1992- Books
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The theory of comets, illustrated, In Four Parts. I. An Essay on the Natural History and Philosophy of Comets; being the Substance of all that has been hitherto published on that Head. II. Tables, containing the Elements of the Theory of a Comet's Motion, (in a Parabola or an Ellipsis) with their Nature and Use explained. III. The Method of constructing the Orbit of any Comet, and computing its Place therein; its Latitude and Longitude, as seen from the Earth or Sun; its Distance, Velocity, Magnitude, Length of Tail, and other Particulars relative thereto. IV. The Method of delineating the visible Path of a Comet in the Heavens, on the Surface of Celestial Globe; and for drawing the Trajectory by Protraction with Scale and Compasses. The whole adapted to, and exemplified in the Orbit of the Comet of the Year 1682, whose Return is now near at Hand. By Benjamin Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: 1757- Books
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Nouvelle méthode pour faire les préparations anatomiques sèches, et leur conserver l'apparence et les avantages des préparations fraiches, sans en avoir les inconvéniens / Traduit de l'anglais ... par C.J.B. Comet.
Swan, Joseph, 1791-1874Date: 1819- Books
Putting myself in the picture : a political, personal, and photographic autobiography / Jo Spence.
Spence, JoDate: 1988- Books
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An essay towards a history of the principal comets that have appeared since the year 1742. Including a particular Detail of the Return of the famous Comet of 1682 in 1759, according to the Calculation and Prediction of Dr. Halley. Compiled from the Observations of the most eminent Astronomers of this Century. With Remarks and Reflections upon the Present Comet. To which is prefixed. A Letter upon Comets, Addressed To the Marchioness DU Chatelet, By the late M. DE Maupertuis. With a short Account of the Life of that celebrated Astronomer and Mathematician.
Burney, Charles, 1726-1814.Date: MDCCLXX. [1770]- Books
Zadkiel's almanac and ephemeris for 1909 : containing voice of the stars, forecasts of weather, astronomical phenomena, numerous useful tables, royal nativities, articles on Halley's Comet, astral mythology, &c. / by Zadkiel Tao Sze, &c.
Zadkiel, 1795-1874.Date: [1908]- Books
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The astronomical year: or, An account of the many remarkable celestial phn̆omena of the great year MDCCXXXVI. Particularly of the Late Comet, which was foretold by Sir Isaac Newton, and appeared at its conclusion. By William Whiston, M.A.
Whiston, William, 1667-1752.Date: 1737- Books
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An account of the discoveries concerning comets, with the way to find their orbits, and some improvements in constructing and calculating their places. For which Reason are here added New Tables, fitted to those Purposes; Particularly with regard to That Comet which is soon expected to return. By Thomas Barker, Gent.
Barker, Thomas, 1722-1809.Date: MDCCLVII. [1757]- Books
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Méthode curative externe des douleurs rhumatismales, goutteuses, nerveuses, des maladies de la circulation lymphatique, et des viscéralgies, affections nerveuses des viscère, confondues avec les phlegmasies chroniques et les lésions organiques : diachirismos de médicamens simples pour le traitement des maladies / par le Docteur C.J.B. Comet.
Comet, C. J. B. (Charles Jean Baptiste), 1796-1870.Date: 1838- Books
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The gentleman and lady's military palladium, for the year of our Lord, 1759. Containing, a plan of the military art, according to modern Improvement; relating to several Branches of the Service. Most humbly dedicated to His Excellency, Marshal Lord Viscount Ligonier. A Royal Chronologer and Ephemeris. An Account of the Expected Comet; and the Elements of the Comet of 1743, by the Reverend Mr. Bolton. New Astronomical Tables, with Examples of the Use of the Equation-Tables in former Palladiums. Likewise Many Things useful in Science. Humbly inscribed to the Royal Society. The eleventh number published. By the late author of the Ladies diary.
Heath, Robert, -1779.Date: MDCCLIX. [1759]- Books
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Annals of gaming; or, the fair player's sure guide. Containing original treatises on the following games. Whist. Hazard. Tennis. ... Back-gammon. All-fours. Comet, or Pope Joan. To which are subjoined all the operations, legerdemains, ... or any possible indirect means tha can be introduced at those games. By a connoisseur.
Connoisseur.Date: 1775- Books
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The astronomy of comets. In two parts. Part I. Containing a physical account of the solar system; the whole Theory of Comets, with the Rationale, or Physical Causes of these Phoenomena, from the earliest Ages to the present Time. Part II. Containing the practical methods of calculation. First, by the Properties of the Parabola without Tables; and secondly, by Tables prefixed to the Work, with the Construction of the Tables, whereby the Place and Distance of Comet from the Earth, together with its Latitude and Longitude in the Ecliptic, may, for any Time, be known, by any one who has but a common Skill in Plane Trigonometry. The whole Process of Calculation exemplified in the Comet which is expected to make its Appearance in the Year 1789. By Blyth Hancock, Teacher of the Mathematics.
Hancock, Blyth, 1721 or 1722-1795.Date: MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]- Books
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An essay towards a history of the principal comets that have appeared since the year 1742. Including a particular Detail of the Return of the famous Comet of 1682 in 1759, according to the Calculation and Prediction of Dr. Halley. Compiled from the Observations of the most eminent Astronomers of this Century. With remarks and reflections upon the present comet. To which is prefixed, by way of introduction, a letter upon comets. Addressed to a lady, by the late M. de Maupertuis. Written in the year 1742
Burney, Charles, 1726-1814.Date: MDCCLXIX. [1769]- Books
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Aandelig Comet-Sang, Den gandske Christendom i denne sidste onde tijd til opmuntring, oc særdelis alle sickere Verdens Børn til trohiertig Formaning, alvorlig omvendelse, oc tidig Beredelse mod Jesu Christi Ankomst til Dommen, som vi nu stundtlig oc hvert Øyeblick haffver at formode. Siungis som: Ah Amaryllis har du nu &c.. Eenfoldig forfattet aff L. M. P.
AnonDate: 1667- Books
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A strange and wonderful prophecy, Out of the Prophecies of St. John the Divine, By Mr. David Imrie. Being, An account of a dreadful Judgement that is to be inflicted upon the World begining at the Year 1754. Likewise, An Account of a great Comet, or blazing Star that is to appear in the Year 1759, foretold by that famous Philosopher, Sir Isaac Newton.
Imrie, David, active 1754.Date: 1756- Ephemera
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Observations on the comet.
Date: [1807?]- Books
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The folly and danger of enthusiasm: or, the wickedness of attempting to know the secret councils of God. In a discourse on the pretended conflagration of the world, by the comet which is to appear in the year 1758. Wherein the ridiculous Fears of the superstitious Part of Mankind are clearly exposed; and a plain Demonstration that the Restoration of the Jews, and Call of the Gentiles, will be completed before the World is destroyed. The Whole supported by unanswerable Proofs, that the before-mentioned Comet will not hurt or damage the Earth.
Date: MDCCLVI. [1756]- Books
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The comet: a poem.
Byles, Mather, 1707-1788.Date: 1744- Books
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Herrens Zebaoths Stridsvaaben som hand, imod de Ugudeligis Hær, aff sit Rustkammer udfører, naar behoff giøris, oc alle Middel ere forsøgte, som ellers kunde tiene til omvendelse oc fred Bescrefne aff David i den VII Psalme, oc met andet fremsat udi S. Jacobi Kircke udi Varde, strax den skreckelig Comet lod sig først see her hoss oss, den 14. Novembris Aar 1618, oc nogen rum tid der effter, saa forfærdeligen aff Peder Matzssøn ...
Madsen, PederDate: 1623- Pictures
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Astronomy: various views of Donati's comet in the night sky. Process print.
Reference: 46241i- Ephemera
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An account of the comet of the year 1811.
Date: [1811?]- Pictures
The Virgin of consolation. Print with letterpress.
Date: 1913Reference: 2117763i- Pictures
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Astronomy: a comet seen over London. Wood engraving.
Date: 1860Reference: 46242i- Ephemera
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The new comet : drawn at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.
Date: [1844]