Halley's comet returns

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1. The Washington Herald — 1909-01-01, page 7

   … on the face of old Sol will reach their lowest ebb in im portance and numbers, Halley's comel will again return to mortai vision, and other lesser events in the solar …

   … American asirono ners are concerned. 3 Br =a ca i oe y eu] ee _ i i i The coming of Halley's comet will be the astronomical event of the heavens of 1909. For thirty-eight vears it …

   … ways and means for studying this celestial visitor. The con et bears the name of Halley, because it was he who predicted its return, stating that he would be dead when …

2. Evening Star — 1909-01-07, page 6

   … of enlightenment. Boom Times in the Skies. From the Pittsburg Dispatch. With one comet here, Halley's comet to come and a new planet about to make Its debut, things astronomical for 1901) …

3. Evening Star — 1909-01-16, page 18

   … Round Island and to < thereby enable him to collect a aeries of photographs of Halley's comet taken t during 1909 and 1910 and observe that t comet's return to perihilion In 1910. 1 "Your undersigned petitioner, a loyal 1 citizen …

   … financial straights and enable him 1 to collect a series of photographs of Hal- 1 ley's comet obtained in this country and < abroad during the years 1908. 1909 and 1910. and …

   … are very limited, is especially 1 interested in the impending return of that 1 comet, because, according to his mother's ( story, one early morning in October, 1KH. …

4. Evening Star — 1909-01-27, page 11

   … requested by | :he Secretary of War. THE HEAVENS IN 1909. Eclipses of the Sun and Moon?Halley's Comet Visible. Astronomical phenomena in 1909 will be if sufficient interest to give …

   … perihelion inly early in 1010 may be caught sight >f in the latter part of this year. Comet C. 1008 (Morehousei, which will >oon be invisible to us in the northern lemisphere …

   … again "isible to northern observers. The astronomical world is looking forward to Halley's comet this year, though its perihelion may not be reached until May, 1910, but will undoubtedly …

5. Evening Star — 1909-01-30, page 22

   … reat- i est ever! Say, you could Just about as / easily learn how to search for Halley's t comet with a piece of smoked glass as i you could learn how to operate this or a any …

6. The Washington Herald — 1909-02-17, page 6

   … strenuous life is not one that is lived alone by Theodore Roosevelt, LOOKING FOR HALLEY'S COMET. Astronomers the World Over Await Advent of This Heavenly Body. From the Londen …

   … Globe. Astronomers all the world over are eagerly awaiting the advent of Halley's comet, which will be a beautiful object in the sky during the spring and summer of 1810 …

   … occupies a foremost place among the great English astronomers of the past. The great comet of 1882, says the Uni versity Recorder, engaged Halley's atten tion for several years. He collected the records of various conspicuous …

7. Evening Star — 1909-02-20, page 24

   … done. I s'pose, on the same principle, you'd swear that because you couldn't find Halley's comet with the naked eye there isn't any such a tiling as Halley's comet? Gorgeous reasoning powers you possess. Just beca use you never saw one of those …

8. Evening Star — 1909-04-25, page 56

   … the nan and Yenui during May and the position of Mercury on May 20. foprching for Halley's Comet?Favorable Time for Viewing the Swiftly Moving Planet Mercury. By Professor Eric …

   … the heavens in Its slow eastward journey among the stars. For many T Figure i The comet ef 1843. Figure 3. An early KprnenUtioB of Halley's comet from the Bayeani tap estry. weeks*it lias been moving westward, but on May 1, at …

   … passing Venus on June 7, at which time the two planets will betwo degrees apart. Halley's Comet. The most celebrated comet is sttll be ing systematically searched for by as tronomers. who expose delicate …

9. The Washington Herald — 1909-05-06, page 6

   … whole lot of people would like to be in “Little Joe's” shoes we suspect. Since Halley's comet is scheduled to hit the United States amidships sooner or later, Congress should …

10. The Washington Herald — 1909-05-07, page 11

    … poems, and several short stories, especially one on “The High School Graduate.” Halley's comet, known as the “Star of Bethlehem,” is rushing toward the earth at a terrific speed …

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