Recreations in astronomy : with directions for practical experiments and telescopic work (1879)
Warren, Henry White, 1831-1912 · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 139
es direct-ly from meteors is the same in amount which it re-from the sun by radiation, and thai the sun re-five-sixths of its heal lV<>m the meteors that fall. it. 122 A SOLAR SYSTEM. In 1783 Dr. Schmidt was fortunate enough to havea telescopic view of a system of bodies which had turn-ed… … Fig. DO.—Santa ilite. fore entering our atmosphere. It is more than prob-able that the earth has many such bodies, too small to be visible, revolving around it as moons. Aerolites. Sometimes the bodies are large enough to bear theheat, and the unconsuined centre comes to the earth. SHOOTING-STARS,…
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