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 332
vidence 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 meteoric dust. ASTRONOMY. 305 But solid bodies… … Fig. 345- bodies are called aerolites. When they have a stony appear-ance, and contain but little iron, they are called meteoricstones; when they have a metallic appearance, and arecomposed largely of iron, they are called meteoric iron. There are eighteen well-authenticated cases in which…
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