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" It appears once in eleven months, remains at its greatest brightness about a fortnight, being then, on some occasions, equal to a star of the second magnitude. It then decreases about three months, until it becomes completely invisible, and remains so... "
Mechanical Philosophy, Horology and Astronomy - Page 419
by William Benjamin Carpenter - 1843 - 7 pages
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Astronomy

sir John Frederick W. Herschel (1st bart.) - 1833 - 500 pages
...months, till it becomes completely invisible, in which state it remains during about five months, when it again becomes visible, and continues increasing during the remaining three months of its period. Such is the general course of its phases. It does not always, however, return to the same degree of...
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Astronomy

Sir John Frederick William Herschel - 1833 - 444 pages
...months, till it becomes completely invisible, in which state it remains during about five months, when it again becomes visible, and continues increasing during the remaining three months of its period. Such is the general course of its phases. It does not always, however, return to the same degree of...
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An Elementary Treatise on Astronomy: Adapted to the Present Improved State ...

John Farrar - 1834 - 504 pages
...months, till it becomes completely invisible, in which state it remains during about five mouths, when it again becomes visible, and continues increasing during the remaining three months of its period. Such is the general course of its phases. It does not always, however, return to the same degree of...
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A Compendium of Astronomy

Denison Olmsted - 1839 - 300 pages
...about three months, until it becomes completely invisible, and remains so about five months, when it again becomes visible, and continues increasing during the remaining three months of its period. Another very remarkable variable star is Algol (Beta Persei). It is usually visible as a star of the...
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An Introduction to Astronomy: Designed as a Textbook for the Use of Students ...

Denison Olmsted - 1839 - 304 pages
...about three months, until it becomes completely invisible, and remains so about five months, when it again becomes visible, and continues increasing during the remaining three months of its period. Another very remarkable variable star is Algol (fi Persei). It is usually visible as a star of the...
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The Family Library (Harper)., Volume 99

1840 - 460 pages
...months, till it becomes completely invisible, in which state it remains about five months, when it again becomes visible, and continues increasing during the remaining three months of its period ; but it does not always return to the same degree of brightness, nor increase and diminish by the...
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Letters on Astronomy: Addressed to a Lady; in which the Elements of the ...

Denison Olmsted - 1841 - 486 pages
...about three months, until it becomes completely invisible, and remains so about five months, when it again becomes visible, and continues increasing during the remaining three months of its period. Another very remarkable variable star is Algol, (Beta Persei.) It is usually visible as a star of the...
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Popular cyclopaedia of natural science (by W.B. Carpenter).

William Benjamin Carpenter - 1843 - 290 pages
...H. Ware of Boston, New England. to its complete extinction at intervals, is the one named Ginicron, in the constellation Cetus; its variation was first...star in the constellation Cygnus, the period of whose vsftiation is about 13 months, was scarcely visible, during three years, at the times when it ought...
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Rudiments of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy: Designed for the Younger ...

Denison Olmsted - 1844 - 292 pages
...about three months, until it becomes completely invisible, and remains so about five months, when it again becomes visible, and continues increasing during the remaining three months of its period. Another variable star in Perseus, goes through a great variety of changes in the course of three days....
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A manual of natural philosophy, by J.L. Comstock and R.D. Hoblyn

John Lee COMSTOCK (and HOBLYN (Richard Dennis)), John Lee COMSTOCK - 1846 - 506 pages
...months, till it becomes completely invisible, in which state it remains during about five months, when it again becomes visible, and continues increasing during the remaining three months of its period."—Herschel's Astronomy. 762. Temporary stars.—Sir J. Herschel describes other phenomena...
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