Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony), 1837-1888 · New York, R. Worthington · leaf 179
comet, will be diminished by a considerationof the extreme tenuity of these objects. But the feelingmay still remain that influences, other than those due tomere weight or mass, might be exerted upon terrestrialraces in the course of such an encounter. The subtlebreath of some mephitic vapour might… … COMETS. 16? unreasonable, though—as will presently appear—the posi-tive information we now have does not favour the supposi-tion that the tail, at any rate, of a comet is likely to exercisesuch destructive effects. And it is only the tails of cometsthat we have much chance of meeting. On account…
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