Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony), 1837-1888 · New York, R. Worthington · leaf 184
matter repelled more slowly, and seemingly in greater abun-dance, forms the great curved tail. We shall proceed to consider further on the evidencewhich seems to show that, strange though this theory COMETS. 173 of material repulsion may be, it is in point of fact theonly admissible theory. If this… … action on the grosser material of planetary bodies is in-sensible. Be rore we proceed to consider the theory by which,so far as can be judged at present, the phenomena of comets 174 MYSTERIES OF TIME AND SPACE. tails can be explained, it may be well that we should con-sider the evidence derived…
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