The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 332
no certain evidence that anydeposit from ordinary shooting-stars ever reaches the sur- 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 it solid bodies… … Fig. 345- jdies are called aerolites. When they have a stony appear-ice, and contain but little iron, they are called meteoricones; when they have a metallic appearance, and areimposed largely of iron, they are called meteoric iron. There are eighteen well-authenticated cases in which aero-:es have…
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