Astronomy for the use of schools and academies (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908, Rolfe, W. J. (William James), 1827-1910 · New York : Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 331
l 111 §§j^*?j/-*y-:-V By* :\^;NI-J-•-;, ■ - j» v*«y,.(; Hfl Fig. 342. to ordinary shooting-stars. Such a meteor is shown inFig. 348. Sometimes these brilliant meteors are seen to explode,as shown in Fig. 349 ; and the explosion is accompaniedwith a loud detonation, like the discharge of cannon.… … Fig. 343- 307. Aerolites.—There is no certain evidence that anydeposit from ordinary shooting-stars ever reaches the sur- sfflB Fig- 344- face of the earth; though a peculiar dust has been foundin certain localities, which has been supposed to be ofmeteoric origin, and which has been called…
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