Elementary astronomy; a beginner's text-book (1899)
Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914 · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 373
its surface, it is a highlysignificant fact that they contain no chemical elements notfound on the Earth. It indicates that all the bodies of thesolar system are similar in constitution. Moreover, of theseventy or more elements known to us more than twentyhave been found in meteoric masses. The… … Ita. 189.-THE GREAT CAI.IFOBWA METEOR OF 1894. METEORS. 349 were combined under quite different conditions of heat,pressure, etc. An aerolite is a little planet out of thecelestial spaces, evident to our sight, it may be to ourtouch. Path of a Meteor.—The positions of a meteor can be observedby…
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