Donnelly, Ignatius, 1831-1901 · New York, D. Appleton and Company · leaf 102
OcT.10.l880, N0..8. a few of the greatest of these strange orbs require thou-sands of years to complete their orbits. The period ofthe comet of July, 1844, has been estimated at not lessthan one hundred thousand years ! Some of those that have flashed into sight recentlyhave been comparatively… … the earth might produce but trifling results. Others,again, are constructed on an extraordinary scale ; buteven the largest of these may be but children compared■with the monsters that wander through space on orbits 90 THE COMET. that penetrate the remotest regions of the solar system,and even…
Atlantis (Legendary place) · Drift · Comets
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