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 340
t brilliant display of these meteors was in theyears 1866 and 1867. The display was visiblein this country only ashort time before sun-rise, and therefore didnot attract general atten-tion. The display of1833 was remarkablybrilliant in this country,and caused great con-sternation among theignorant… … Fig. 354. vember meteors, and that another comet, known as the 1862,III., has the same orbit as the August meteors. It has alsobeen ascertained that a third comet, 1861, I., has the sameorbit as a stream of meteors which the earth encounters inApril. Furthermore, it was found, in 1872, that there…
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