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... amongst men , is establishing friendship between both sides . " * In our opinion the star to which Homer compares Athenè was no comet , but a bolide , the explosion of which is frequently attended with an emission of sparks , and can ...
... amongst men , is establishing friendship between both sides . " * In our opinion the star to which Homer compares Athenè was no comet , but a bolide , the explosion of which is frequently attended with an emission of sparks , and can ...
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Amédée Guillemin James Glaisher. Chaldeans amongst the number of wandering stars , and they know their course . ' Seneca then explains in detail the ... Amongst the ancient philosophers who believed comets to be stars 38 THE WORLD OF COMETS .
Amédée Guillemin James Glaisher. Chaldeans amongst the number of wandering stars , and they know their course . ' Seneca then explains in detail the ... Amongst the ancient philosophers who believed comets to be stars 38 THE WORLD OF COMETS .
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... amongst observed comets there are some which describe true parabolas ; so that , after having once arrived within the sphere of the solar gravitation , like those which describe hyperbolic orbits , they take their leave of us for ever ...
... amongst observed comets there are some which describe true parabolas ; so that , after having once arrived within the sphere of the solar gravitation , like those which describe hyperbolic orbits , they take their leave of us for ever ...
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