The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 330
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… … 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. Ordinary shooting-stars are not accompanied by any 304…
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