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We present the secular light curves of eight comets listed in the title. Two plots per comet are needed to study these objects: a reduced magnitude (to Δ= 1 AU= geocentric distance) vs time, and a reduced magnitude vs LogR (R= heliocentric distance). A total of over 16 new parameters, are measured from both plots, and give an unprecedented amount of information to characterize these objects: the onset of sublimation (R ON), the offset of sublimation (R OFF), the time lag at perihelion (LAG), the absolute magnitude (m (1, 1)), the maximum magnitude at perihelion (m MAX (1, LAG)), the nuclear magnitudes (V N), the amplitude of the secular light curve (A SEC), plus several others, and the photometric functions needed to describe the envelope. The most significant findings of this investigation are:(a) The envelope of the observations is the best representation of the secular light curve.(b) The H10 photometric …