The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 340
d period as the No- Fig- 354- vember meteors, and that another comet, known as the 1862,III., has the same orbit as the August meteors. It has alsobeen ascertained that a third comet, 1861, I., has the sameorbit as a stream of meteors which the earth encounters inApril. Furthermore, it was found,… … 314 ASTRONOMY. of comets and of meteoric streams indicates that these twoclasses of bodies are very closely related. They undoubtedlyhave a common origin. The fact that there is a stream ofmeteors in the train of Bielas comet has led to the sup-position that comets may become gradually…
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