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Page 124
... meteors were so numerous that the appearance presented was that of a cloud of light around the gemmed feet of ... meteors shine for the most part with a yellowish light , it may be said that out of the midst of the cloud came a ...
... meteors were so numerous that the appearance presented was that of a cloud of light around the gemmed feet of ... meteors shine for the most part with a yellowish light , it may be said that out of the midst of the cloud came a ...
Page 125
... meteor - train had come as a star - shower from out of the north , ' the meteors might be looked for as a cloud passing away towards the south . He telegraphed to an English astronomer occupying a station where the southern skies can be ...
... meteor - train had come as a star - shower from out of the north , ' the meteors might be looked for as a cloud passing away towards the south . He telegraphed to an English astronomer occupying a station where the southern skies can be ...
Page 128
... meteor - systems that the comet lost its head in the most literal sense of the words . Such was the opinion of our great astronomer , the younger Herschel , who , writing in 1866 , when the comet was first missed , said , ' Peradventure ...
... meteor - systems that the comet lost its head in the most literal sense of the words . Such was the opinion of our great astronomer , the younger Herschel , who , writing in 1866 , when the comet was first missed , said , ' Peradventure ...
Page 129
... meteors comprising such rings , they are quite sufficiently compact to effect the destruction of a comet impinging full upon one of their clustering aggregations . But let us suppose that the comet escaped this danger -and , in any case ...
... meteors comprising such rings , they are quite sufficiently compact to effect the destruction of a comet impinging full upon one of their clustering aggregations . But let us suppose that the comet escaped this danger -and , in any case ...
Page 130
... meteors . Astrono- mers have already discovered 130 of these small planets , and continue yearly to discover more , while it is probable that the smaller members of the family will for ever remain undetected . Now , these bodies present ...
... meteors . Astrono- mers have already discovered 130 of these small planets , and continue yearly to discover more , while it is probable that the smaller members of the family will for ever remain undetected . Now , these bodies present ...
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