Flammarion, Camille, 1842-1925, Welby, Frances A. (Frances Alice) tr · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 215
wEllicot, who made the drawing we reproduce (Fig. 55),described the phenomenon as stupendous and alarming(November 12, 1799, 3 A. M.). The same occurred onNovember 13, 1833. The meteors that scarred theHeavens on that night were reckoned at 240,000, Theseshooting stars received the name of Leonids,… … Fig. 55.—ShouMng Stir^ ot \()\(.mher 12, 1799. From a contemporary draiving,196 THE COMETS the vicinity of the Sun every thirty-three years. Hencewe were entitled to expect another splendid apparitionin 1899, but the expectations of the astronomers weredisappointed. All the preparations for the…
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