Lockyer, Norman, Sir, 1836-1920 · London : Macmillan and Co. · leaf 173
f the November and August meteorsinH shooting-£fars generally, the mass i.« so small that it 13? AST/?ONO-\fV. is cutiiciy changed into vapour and disappears vvilhouinoise. There are other classes of meteoric bodies, how-ever, with much more striking effects. At times meteorsof great brilHancy are… … Jig: 21.—Fireball, as observed in a telescope. of terrific explosions, which were compared to the dis-charge of a thousand cannons.* Other meteors are solarge that they reach the Earth before complete vaporiza-tion takes place, and we then get what is called a fall ofmeteoric irons, or meteoric…
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