Stars and telescopes; a hand-book of popular astronomy founded on the 9th ed. of Lynn's Celestial motions (1901)
Todd, David P. (David Peck), 1855-1939, Lynn, William Thynne, 1835-1911 · Boston, Little, Brown · leaf 276
ors velocity ap-pears in considerable part as heat, fusing its exterior to incan-descence. But conduction of heat in stony meteoric massesis slow; and notwithstanding the excessively high temperatureof the exterior, during luminous flight, there is good reason forbelieving that all large… … METEORIC IRON FROM ORANGE RIVER, SOUTH AFRICAIN THE SHEPARD COLLECTION OF AMHERST COLLEGE {Extreme length 19 inches, weight 326 ibs.) The Orange River meteorite of the Amherst College collec-tion, here photographed, is an excellent typical specimen. Par-ticularly are the pittings or thumb-marks,…
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