...comet was resolved into three very broad bright bands, which are represented in the diagram. (Fig. 87.) In the two more refrangible of these bands the light...light was not uniform in the middle and brightest baud, which continued of nearly equal brilliancy for about one-third of its breadth from the less refrangible...

...applied to the telescope, the light of the comet was resolved Into three very broad, bright bands. » * * In the two more refrangible of these bands the light...the less refrangible end, and gradually diminished toward the other limit of the bands. This gradation of light was not uniform in the middle and brightest...

...greater than half the interval between 6 and F. The third band occurs about midway between D and E. In the two more refrangible of these bands the light...gradually diminished towards the other limit of the bands. The least refrangible of the three bands did not exhibit a similar gradation of brightness. These bands...

...was resolved into three very broad, bright bands. • * * In the two more refrangible of these bauds the light was brightest at the less refrangible end, and gradually diminished toward the other limit of the bands. This gradation of light wns not uniform in the middle and brightest...