Orr, M. A. (Mary Acworth) · London and Edinburgh, Gall and Inglis · leaf 543
ognise them as visitantsfrom inter-planetary space, caught by Earths greatmass as they pass too near, and flaming up with theheat caused by their sudden rush through the air.They exist in shoals of thousands and millions, somesmall as pebbles, some like great rocks, but all belong-ing to our system… … rnl—svJt^ Fig. 53. Comparative sizes of the Sun and his satellites. P- ^90 VIEWS OF THE UNIVERSE 491 some short; several small ones are seen every year,and occasionally a great splendour like Halleys drawsnear to us in its orbit, yet even these seem to consistof very small quantities of matter.…
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 · Astronomy, Ancient · Astronomy, Medieval · Early maps
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