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... Meteors and Shooting Stars . The investigations connected with Spectrum Analy- sis have been especially suggestive . Thus on every hand the facts of Astronomy have been accumulat- ing . As yet , however , they are scattered through many ...
... Meteors and Shooting Stars . The investigations connected with Spectrum Analy- sis have been especially suggestive . Thus on every hand the facts of Astronomy have been accumulat- ing . As yet , however , they are scattered through many ...
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... meteors equal in amount to the mass of Mercury . ( See article by Prof. Young in Popular Science Monthly , Nov. 1880. ) Newcomb says that in 5,000,000 years , at the present rate , the sun will have shrunk to half its present size . P ...
... meteors equal in amount to the mass of Mercury . ( See article by Prof. Young in Popular Science Monthly , Nov. 1880. ) Newcomb says that in 5,000,000 years , at the present rate , the sun will have shrunk to half its present size . P ...
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... meteors . The orbit of the August meteors is identical with Comet III 1862 ( Swift's ) , and that of the Nov. 14th shower corres- ponds with Comet I 1866 ( Tempel's ) . The showers of Nov. 24 and 27 are thought to be produced by meteors ...
... meteors . The orbit of the August meteors is identical with Comet III 1862 ( Swift's ) , and that of the Nov. 14th shower corres- ponds with Comet I 1866 ( Tempel's ) . The showers of Nov. 24 and 27 are thought to be produced by meteors ...
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... 16 35 37 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.
... 16 35 37 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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... Meteors and shooting - stars . 6. Nine 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 ...
... Meteors and shooting - stars . 6. Nine 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 ...
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