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Kometographia. Or A discourse concerning comets; wherein the nature of blazing stars is enquired…
Kometographia. Or A discourse concerning comets; wherein the nature of blazing stars is enquired into: with an historical account of all the comets which have appeared from the beginning of the world unto this present year, M.DC.LXXXIII. : Expressing the place in the heavens, where they were seen, their motion, forms, duration; and the remarkable events which have followed in the world, so far as they have been by learned men observed. : As also two sermons occasioned by the late blazing stars. / By Mr. Increase Mather, teacher of a church at Boston in New-England. ; [Three lines of Scripture texts]Kometographia. Or A discourse concerning comets; wherein the nature of blazing stars is enquired into: with an historical account of all the comets which have appeared from the beginning of the world unto this present year, M.DC.LXXXIII. : Expressing the place in the heavens, where they were seen, their motion, forms, duration; and the remarkable events which have followed in the world, so far as thay have been by learned men observed. : As also two sermons occasioned by the late blazing stars. / By Mr. Increase Mather, teacher of a church at Boston in New-England. ; [Three lines of Scripture texts]
printed by S.G. for S.S. i.e, 1683
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The Diameter of the Nucleus was less then Jupiter's, but equal to Saturn's, whence one might conclude that the Comet was as yet increasing. The Nucleus seemed to cast a notable shadow on that side which was a verse to the Sun. For the blaze seemed to be divided, the reason of which might be because the Nucleus was so compact and solid, that the beams of the Sun could not pass through it, only through the thin matter which was on both sides of it. The matter on the fore part of the Nucleus as the Comet came nearer to the Sun▪ appeared to be more acuminated and diminished. The Parallax of this Comet was at first 69 sec. at last 41. sec. The magnitude of the Nucleus was 12. sec. and of the whole head of the Comet 6. min. so that when nearest to the Earth, it was sixty times as high as the Moon, and at last as high as the Sun. The blaze was 17. sometimes 25. Degrees as to its visible Longitude. The motion of this Comet was direct according to the order of the signs, at first appearing in Pisces, and at last in Taurus. It ⟨p. 118⟩continued for the space of fourteen days.
The Diameter of the Nucleus was less then Jupiter's, but equal to Saturn's, whence one might conclude that the Comet was as yet increasing. The Nucleus seemed to cast a notable shadow on that side which was a verse to the Sun. For the blaze seemed to be divided, the reason of which might be because the Nucleus was so compact and solid, that the beams of the Sun could not pass through it, only through the thin matter which was on both sides of it. The matter on the fore part of the Nucleus as the Comet came nearer to the Sun▪ appeared to be more acuminated and diminished. The Parallax of this Comet was at first 69 sec. at last 41. sec. The magnitude of the Nucleus was 12. sec. and of the whole head of the Comet 6. min. so that when nearest to the Earth, it was sixty times as high as the Moon, and at last as high as the Sun. The blaze was 17. sometimes 25. Degrees as to its visible Longitude. The motion of this Comet was direct according to the order of the signs, at first appearing in Pisces, and at last in Taurus. It ⟨p. 118⟩continued for the space of fourteen dayes.