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... comets . Prof. Newton , the great advocate of this theory , broadly asserts that every meteoric stone was once a part of a comet , and every meteoric shower consists of broken fragments of some known or unknown comet . " The meteoroids ...
... comets . Prof. Newton , the great advocate of this theory , broadly asserts that every meteoric stone was once a part of a comet , and every meteoric shower consists of broken fragments of some known or unknown comet . " The meteoroids ...
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... 43 46 65 82 83 89 96 • I10 120 • 130 139 • • 155 THE TIDES MARS · THE MINOR PLANETS JUPITER 165 168 • 172 • 175 SATURN 182 URANUS NEPTUNE · 189 191 METEORS AND SHOOTING STARS · 194 12 COMETS · TABLE OF CONTENTS . PAGE 206 ZODIACAL.
... 43 46 65 82 83 89 96 • I10 120 • 130 139 • • 155 THE TIDES MARS · THE MINOR PLANETS JUPITER 165 168 • 172 • 175 SATURN 182 URANUS NEPTUNE · 189 191 METEORS AND SHOOTING STARS · 194 12 COMETS · TABLE OF CONTENTS . PAGE 206 ZODIACAL.
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Joel Dorman Steele. 12 COMETS · TABLE OF CONTENTS . PAGE 206 ZODIACAL LIGHT • III . THE SIDEREAL SYSTEM . THE STARS THE CONSTELLATIONS NORTHERN CIRCUMPOLAR CONSTELLATIONS EQUATORIAL CONSTELLATIONS SOUTHERN CONSTELLATIONS . 217 219 · 221 ...
Joel Dorman Steele. 12 COMETS · TABLE OF CONTENTS . PAGE 206 ZODIACAL LIGHT • III . THE SIDEREAL SYSTEM . THE STARS THE CONSTELLATIONS NORTHERN CIRCUMPOLAR CONSTELLATIONS EQUATORIAL CONSTELLATIONS SOUTHERN CONSTELLATIONS . 217 219 · 221 ...
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... comets in their immense sidereal journeys , marking their paths to a nicety of which we can scarcely conceive , and at last it has analyzed the structure of the sun and far - off stars , announ- cing the very elements of which they are ...
... comets in their immense sidereal journeys , marking their paths to a nicety of which we can scarcely conceive , and at last it has analyzed the structure of the sun and far - off stars , announ- cing the very elements of which they are ...
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... comets whose orbits have been computed , and over two hundred of which little is known . 7. The Zodiacal Light . HOW WE ARE TO IMAGINE THE SOLAR SYSTEM TO OUR- SELVES . - We are to think of it as suspended in space ; being held up , not ...
... comets whose orbits have been computed , and over two hundred of which little is known . 7. The Zodiacal Light . HOW WE ARE TO IMAGINE THE SOLAR SYSTEM TO OUR- SELVES . - We are to think of it as suspended in space ; being held up , not ...
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ancients Andromeda angle aphelion appearance Aries astronomers atmosphere axis body Boötes bright brilliant Canis Minor Capricornus Cassiopeia celestial centre Cepheus circle color comet conjunction constellation Cor Caroli dark density Describe diameter disk Draco earth east ecliptic equal equator equinoctial figure fixed stars full moon globe heat heavens Hercules Herschel horizon inclined inferior inferior conjunction inferior planet Jupiter latitude length light lunar Lyra magnitude Mars mean distance Mercury meridian meteors miles moon moon's motion move naked eye nearly nebula Neptune node north pole orbit Orion parallax pass path penumbra perihelion Perseus Pisces planet Polaris precession rays revolve ring rising Saturn seasons seen shadow shines shower sidereal sidereal day solar day solar system space spots summer sun's superior planet surface synodic revolution tance Taurus telescope theory tion Uranus Ursa Major Ursa Minor varies velocity Venus vernal equinox visible zodiac