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The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)

Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 333

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Fig. 347- of these masses v.iries from a few pounds to several tons.The entire number of aerolites of which we have any knowl-edge is therefore about four hundred and twenty. … Fig. 348-Aerolites are composed of the same elementary substancesas occur in terrestrial minerals, not a single new elementhaving l)een found in their analysis. Of the sixty or mprg ASTRONOMY. 3O7 eraents now recognized by chemists, about twenty have been und in aerolites. While aerolites contain…

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