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Comets
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![Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including Napoleon III on horseback with a smiling Queen Victoria, a flag-draped coffin, and a battle. Coloured lithograph, [c.1867?].](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0024820/full/600%2C/0/default.jpg)
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Astronomy: a large, bright, comet in the night sky over Winchester, being observed by two men. Engraving by H.R. Cook, 1811, after Pether.
Date: May 1, 1820Reference: 46238i- Books
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Lectures and collections / made by Robert Hooke.
Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703Date: 1678- Books
Chronology of eclipses and comets, AD 1-1000 / D. Justin Schove.
Schove, D. Justin (Derek Justin)Date: 1984
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Astronomy: a comet in the night sky. Wood engraving, ca. 1860.
Date: 1860Reference: 46240i
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Astronomy: an anthropomorphic comet, with a tail composed of events of 1853. Etching by G. Cruikshank.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: 1850-1859Reference: 46246i