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A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY WITH NOTES : 
By EUGENE FAIRFIELD McPIKE 
Memeer B. S. A., anp I. I. B., BRUSSELS 
The formation of this collection (mentioned in The Observatory, 
28: 141), has been facilitated by data courteously supplied by Herr 
Berthold Cohn, Strassburg, Germany; Dr. Chas. F. Forshaw, 
fh SL. Bradiord,. Eneland;- the. Rev. S.J. _Johnson,, M-A., 
F.R.A.S., Melplash Vicarage, Bridport, England; Professor Kurt 
Laves of the University of Chicago; the Hon. John S. Lawrence, 
Grand Rapids, Michigan, and others, to whom the compiler makes 
grateful acknowledgment. A supplemental note will appear in The 
Observatory, probably in June, 1905. 
Part rt. Comets Past History 
Bronte, Rev. Patrick. On Halley’s Comet, in 1835. Popular 
astronomy, 12: 571, Northfield, Minnesota, October, 1904. 
A poem reprinted from The Bradfordian, no. 11, p. 176, Bradford, York- 
shire, England, August 1, 1861. 
CHAMBERS, GEORGE F. 1841. A Handbook of descriptive and prac- 
tical astronomy, 3 vols. Oxford, 1889, 1890. 
Contains a cut (1:438) of a portion of the Bayeux Tapestry showing 
the comet of Halley, in 1066. “The comet of Halley appeared again in 1066, 
at the time when William the Conqueror invaded England. The chroniclers 
unanimously write: ‘The Normans, guided by a comet, invaded England.’ 
The Duchess-Queen Matilda, wife of William, has represented this comet 
and the amazement of her subjects on the tapestry (230 feet long) which 
may be seen at Bayeux.” See Popular Astronomy ... by Camille Flam- 
marion, translated by J. Ellard Gore, p. 479, New York, n. d. 
FLAMMARION, CAMILLE. Popular astronomy: a general description 
of the heavens, by Camille Flammarion, translated by J. Ellard 
Gore, New York, n. d. 
“Queen Victoria has in her crown a jewel the design of which was sug- 
gested by the tail of this comet, which had the greatest influence on the vic- 
tory at Hastings.” (P. 479.) 
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