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rt of the sky. In fact, there was a region inwhich the meteors appeared trainless, and shone out fora moment like so many stars, because they were directlyapproaching us. Near this spot they were so numerous,and all so foreshortened, and for the most part faint, thatthe sky at times put on almost a… … THE SOLAR SYSTEM. 135 ward. Now, if the paths of all had been projected back-wards, they would have all intersected in one region, andthat region the one in which the most foreshortened oneswere seen. So decidedly did this fact come out, that therewere moments in which the meteors belted the sky…
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