The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 329
n hour; and the average number large enough tobe visible to the naked eye, that traverse the atmospheredaily, is estimated at over eight millions. The number oftelescopic shooting-stars would of course be much greater. Occasionally, shooting-stars leave behind them a trail of 302 ASTRONOMY. light… … Fig. 341- Shooting-stars are seen to move in all directions throughthe heavens. Their apparent paths are, however, generallyinclined downward, though sometimes upward; and aftermidnight they come in the greatest numbers from thatquarter of the heavens toward which the earth is movingin its journey…
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