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Calendar of State Papers and Manuscripts in the Archives and Collections of Milan
… of Milan. Yesterday evening and the night before a large comet appeared with a long tail. It moved towards the North. …
Old and New London
… year announced to the world his discovery of a supposed comet, which soon turned out to be the new planet now called …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… in the Addenda. At Mr Colling's sale in 1810 the bull Comet was sold for one thousand guineas. All his lands in …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… Cowdry one of my Godfathers. About this time the great comet was seen. 1683. I had a bleeding at my nose, which …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Thomas Phelps, the real discoverer of the Great Comet of 1743, and John Bartlett. One was originally a stable …
A History of the County of Somerset
… J. Clark issued several newspapers including the Street Comet by 1891, the Monthly News Sheet from 1924, and by 1962 … by Edward Dodge; McGarvie, Bk. of Street, 123. Street Comet, 15 Aug. 1891. Clarks of Street, 1512. Hudson, Towards … supply; McGarvie, Street in Old Photos., photo. 20; Street Comet, 19 Nov. 1888. Street, Clark archives, TS. on sewers; …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… make him a more liberal allowance ( pp. 37, 38). The great comet of 1680 is described on p. 111. The title page of an …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… landslip at Whitby described on p. 495. In January a large comet was seen at Portsmouth (p. 488). A dispute about a pew …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… for England ( p. 76). Towards the end of April a small comet was seen in the north-eastern sky early in the morning …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… Preface PREFACE A portentous Comet. On Feb. 28, 1702, a French naval officer, on board the … off Porto Rico, described to a friend the appearance of a comet, which had lately been visible at twilight. "There have … been great wagers," he writes, "as to the meaning of this Comet. Some will have it foretell a great war; others the …