Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick), 1869- · New York, London, D. Appleton and company · leaf 137
el round in the same orbit. Some of these pieces may getwithin range of the Earths force of gravitation when they aredrawn to it, and on striking the air they are intensely heatedby the friction, and if they are small they burn up beforereaching the ground. The smaller meteors burn up almost… … Fig. 132.—Meteoriteof Iron Etched withAcid. OTHER THINGS IN THE SKY 117 meteors which are not very bright, while meteorites are meteorswhich have fallen to the Earth before they have had time toburn up. Many meteorites have been found, but ninety-five out ofevery hundred are of the stony kind, the…
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