The Comet (24 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 50 pages, Very good in soft covers. Signed. Russell, Captain Robert H. - USMC Perpetrator of Yuman Nature for the Yuma Cactus Comet and Firing for Record for the Camp Lejeune Globe. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: VG+. An original 9" x 12" presskit that contains two supplements as well as four 8 x 10 stills and eight slides. Book.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. "Thorough, Attractive and easy to use, covering both historical and scientific aspects of astronomy. Comprehensive Bi-Monthly Star Charts that can be used anywhere in the world, with Constellation Charts showing 85 Star Formations." Hardcover has same pictures as jacket. 11 1/4" Tall. Small crease at very top of jacket and tiny closed tear (1/2" long) on back. No inscriptions. Weighs over 1 Kilo so postage will be a little extra. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.…

Condition: Very Good. 4 pages, illustrated in colour. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 16 x 24 cms. Category: National Geographic Magazine; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. A Smithsonian survey of luminous celestial phenomena, explaining the nature of comet tails, the solar corona, and auroral displays. 14 Pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 16 x 24 cms. Category: Smithsonian Institution; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages). …

Condition: Very Good. Considers the frequency and nature of comets, their potential impact on Earth, and their entwinement with historical and biblical interpretations of disaster. 32 pages with woodcuts. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without a title page. This particular trial report has been removed from a volume of Lardner's Museum of Science & Art and is now preserved in a modern loose card cover - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 11 x 18 cms. Category: Museum of Science & Art; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages). …

Condition: Very Good. 3 pages. The Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow is a learned society established in 1802, for the improvement of the Arts and Sciences in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 13 x 21 cms. Category: Glasgow Philosophical Society; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. 19 pages, 2 figures. Some foxing. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 13 x 21 cms. Category: Royal Institution; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. 8 pages, illustrated. An original article from the The American Review of Reviews, 1910. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 18 x 25 cms. Category: Review of Reviews; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. 8 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 13 x 20 cms. Category: Annual Register; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. 10 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 13 x 21 cms. Category: Intellectual Observer; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. HARDCOVER; includes the two large folded plates in rear pocket; ex-library; in very good condition. This is a heavy volume; extra shipping might be required for priority mail or international orders. Book.

Cloth. Condition: Fair. No d/w. First Edition. Part II only; By The Comet Literary And Patriotic Club; 142pp; Lacks spine strip but is tight and bright with numerous illustrations, many of which are textual and some full-page; A satirical examination of the relationship between church, state and the lay community in Ireland; Size: 8vo. Book.…

Condition: Very Good. 47 pages. A clear survey by Dionysius Lardner of the expected return of Halley's Comet, this article reviews its earlier recorded appearances and the scientific interest surrounding the present one. Lardner also considers the path and character of Bielas Comet and related observations. First published in The Edinburgh Review in 1835, it offers an engaging contemporary view of celestial enquiry. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 16 x 24 cms. Category: Edinburgh Review; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. Plastic Comb binding missing. Pages loose. (Louisiana, Hurricanes, History).

Condition: Fine. Number of books: 1 book.

Condition: New. Das im vergangenen Jahr erschienene Sons-Of-Kemet-Album Your Queen Is A Reptile fand mit seiner atemlosen Jazz-Energie unzaehlige Fans und steht an der Spitze diverser Bestenlisten 2018. Saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings feierte damit seinen grossen Durchbruch.

Audio-CD. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Das im vergangenen Jahr erschienene Sons-Of-Kemet-Album 'Your Queen Is A Reptile' fand mit seiner atemlosen Jazz-Energie unzählige Fans und steht an der Spitze diverser Bestenlisten 2018. Saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings feierte damit seinen großen Durchbruch. Jetzt legt er mit seiner zweiten Formation einen Elektro/Jazz-Kracher gleichen Kalibers nach.Mit dem Bandprojekt The Comet Is Coming bringt er auf Impulse! Records einen unerhörten Mix aus Jazz, Electronica, Funk und Psychedelic Rock heraus, der zwischen Jazz Club und Tanzfläche eine verdammt gute Figur macht.Zusammen mit Schlagzeuger Betamax und Keyboarder Danalogue sucht King Shabaka, wie sich Hutchings hier nennt, einen neuartigen Zugang zum Jazz. In einem Feature im englischen The Guardian wird die Gruppe für ihr 'intergalaktisches Mash-Up aus Jazz, Afrobeat und Electronics' in den Himmel gelobt. Die derzeit in allen Medien angesagte junge englischen Jazz-Generation hat in Shabaka Hutchings ihr Gesicht gefunden.…

Scarce: no copy on ViaLibri, OCLC WorldCat and JISC LHD. Stapled pamphlet. 7pp, 12mo. Unpaginated. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn, with light spotting and slightly rusted staples. Inscribed at head of cover: 'With the author's compliments / O. A. LeBeau'. Drophead title on third page: 'HALLEY'S COMET. / BY O. A. LE BEAU, B.Sc. / [Mr. Le Beau is an O. B. of the Grammar School, whose Astronomical Notes in our columns some years ago many of our readers will no doubt remember. - ED.]'. …

(Paris, Jean Boudot, 1704). 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from "Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences". Année 1702. Pp. 101-134 and 4 folded engraved plates (celestial maps). First printing of these 5 papers accounting the observations of the comet. Bianchini and Maraldi discovered the comet in the morning sky on April 20, 1702. The comet was a short distance above the horizon and was said to resemble a "nebulous star".An independent discovery was made by Maria Margarethe Kirch (Berlin, Germany on April 21, 1702 and by Philippe de la Hire (Paris, France) on April 24. The last observation of the comet was made by Bianchini and Maraldi on May 5, 1702.…

(København, S. Popp, 1810). 4to. Uden omslag som udkommet i Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter. (79) pp. samt 3 kobberstukne foldeplancher. I afhandlingen afbilder den ene planche af stjernehimlen kometens bane, som den blev iagttaget i København fra begyndelsen af oktober 1807. Blandt de detaljerede beregninger og beskrivelser af kometen indeholder afhandlingen også en paragraf hvori Bugge forsøger at eliminere frygten for de skadevirkninger kometen kunne forsage. Om sandsynligheden for et sammenstød med Jorden skriver Bugge:"man kan vædde Qvadratet ef et uendeligt stort Tal imod een, at Jordens Sammenstød med en Comet ej nogensinde vil indtræffe.".…

Very good. Minor imperfections in the margins. Offsetting from opposite page. Size 8 x 9.5 Inches. Here is a c. 1840 German-language celestial chart displaying the course of the Comet of 1832 (Biela's Comet). The comet briefly caused a mass panic in October 1832, when it was incorrectly believed to be on a collision course with the Earth. A Closer Look The close approach of Biela's Comet to Earth's orbit in October 1832 caused a brief media sensation and mass hysteria, revealing the improved scientific knowledge of the times but also the limits of that knowledge, or at least its understanding among the public. Astronomers had sighted the comet in 1772 and 1805, leading to failed attempts to define its orbit, until a German-Austrian army officer named Wilhelm von Biela spotted the comet on its perihelion approach in 1826 and calculated its orbit. Thus, the appearance of the comet in 1832 was expected, but was misconstrued by some as an imminent threat to Earth, when in fact the Earth would not intersect the comet's orbit until a month after it had passed by (October 28 versus November 30, as indicated here). Not for the last time, leading astronomers of the day had to reassure the public that there was no immediate threat of a collision. In subsequent years, astronomers noticed that the comet had broken in two, and then into many pieces, resulting in an especially impressive meteor shower on November 27, 1872. This chart traces the course of the comet in the months and years prior to its close approach of Earth, and includes well-known constellations, Polaris (the North Star), cardinal directions, and other symbols to orient the viewer. Publication History and Census Though cataloged in the holdings of five institutions in North America and Europe, the publication information and provenance of this celestial map are unknown. It was likely published in the years immediately following the comet's sighting, and from the offsetting of ink from an opposite page looks to have been included in a bound work such as an atlas. References: OCLC 556944482.…

Good. Some discolorations and margin soiling. Size 20.5 x 24 Inches. A striking 1743 Seutter illustration of the Comet of 1742, an exceptionally bright comet whose appearance inspired a wave of intellectual thought and scientific study. A Closer Look This exquisite engraving is composed of four distinct sections. The first features two decorative cartouches: one displaying the title along with details about the comet's appearance and trajectory relative to Earth's position, and the other offering commentary on the comet's apparent size and its movement through the constellations Draco, Cassiopeia, Ursa Major, and Ursa Minor. The third section presents a planar diagram of an armillary sphere centered on Earth, illustrating the comet's path. The fourth section showcases a celestial chart that maps the comet's full journey across the sky from March 13 to April 28, 1742. Comet of 1742 The Comet of 1742, today cataloged as C/1742C1, was a celestial event first observed in March 1742 in the constellation Draco. Its path was recorded by various astronomers, including Jacques Cassini, Leonhard Euler, and Thomas Wright, among many others. Described exceptionally bright, the comet was visible to the naked eye and attracted widespread attention across Europe - and, along with it, portents of impending doom. Its appearance coincided with a period of increasing scientific interest in astronomy, and its luminous passage contributed to ongoing discussions about the nature of comets, their orbits, and their potential impact on Earth. The Comet of 1742 added to the growing body of astronomical observations that would later influence studies of periodic comets, including the work of Edmond Halley. Publication History and Census This map was engraved and published by Mattha?us Seutter in Augsburg in 1743, one year after the year of the comet. Scarce to the market but well represented institutionally. References: OCLC 53179714, 556944420. Kanas, N, Star Maps: History, Artistry, and Cartography, (2nd Ed.), #6.3.4.5.…