 | James Ferguson - 1809 - Страниц: 574
...System. 69 heat of the comet which appeared in the year 1680, flate *• Avhen nearest the Sun, to be 2000 times hotter than red-hot iron ; and that being...its period should be more than twenty thousand years ; though it is computed to be only 575. The method of computing the heat of bodies, keeping at any... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - Страниц: 462
...Newton computed the heat of the comet that appeared in the year 1680, when nearest the sun, to be 2,000 times hotter than red-hot iron, and that, being thus heated, it must retain its heat till it comes round again, although its period should be more than 20,000 years ; and it is computed... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - Страниц: 476
...Newton computed the heat of the comet that appeared in the year 1680, when nearest the sun, to be 2,000 times hotter than red-hot iron, and that, being thus heated, it must retain its heat till it comes round again, although its period should be more than 20,000 years ; and it is computed... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - Страниц: 1082
...computed the heat of the comet, which appeared in the year 1680, when nearest the Sun, to be 2,000 times hotter than redhot iron, and that, being thus...round again, although its period should be more than 20,000 years j and it is computed to be only 575. It is believed, that there are at least 21 comets... | |
 | 1830 - Страниц: 400
...thousand times hotter than red hot iron ; and that being thus heated, it must retain its heat till it come round again, although its period should be more than...twenty thousand years ; and it is computed to be only five hundred and seventy-five. This is the most remarkable of all the comets. This comet, at its greatest... | |
 | Raphael - 1996 - Страниц: 264
...times hotter than red hot iron, and that it must retain its heat until it comes round again, even if its period should be more than twenty thousand years, and it is computed at only five hundred and seventy- five. Mr. Whiston has conjectured that the deluge, of which in the... | |
 | Raphael - 1996 - Страниц: 264
...times hotter than red hot iron, and that it must retain its heat until it comes round again, even if its period should be more than twenty thousand years, and it is computed at only five hundred and seventy-five. Mr. Whiston has conjectured that the deluge, of which in the... | |
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... would vitrify or dissipate any substance known to us. Sir Isaac Newton computed the heat of the comet that appeared in the year 1680, when nearest the sun, to be 2,000 times hotter than red-hot iron, and that, being thus heated, it must retain its... 