Walter Hedderich wrote: > > Talking about 1811 and wine, there is a little fragment poem by Goethe around > the 'West- oestliche Divan' about the "Eilfer" in ghazelic form (the rhyme > of every second line is 'Eilfer'), praising the wine of this year from Rhine, > Main and Neckar - not mentioning comets though. Interesting to hear it was a > comet year. Which comet was it ? Made a quick check in a list but could not find it. So what comet was it ? Most interested and thanks W.H. for the nice Goethe reference. Bertil Haggman bertil.haggman@helsingborg.se
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