Donnelly, Ignatius, 1831-1901 · New York, D. Appleton and Company · leaf 106
The Comet sweeping past the Earth. objects represented, and thus show the immensity of thesun as compared with our insignificant little orb. In apicture showing the true proportions of the sun and earth,the sun would have to be so large that it would take upthe entire page, while the earth would be… … 94 THE COMET. head. And I have not drawn the comet on a scale largeenough as compared with the earth. If the reader will examine the map on page 93, hewill see that the distribution of the Drift accords with thistheory. If we suppose the side of the earth shown in theleft-hand figure was presented…
Atlantis (Legendary place) · Drift · Comets
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