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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 377

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FIG. 3- BROOKS COMET OF 1885. (TELESCOPIC VIEW.) rays of the sun. It was first seen in the south-ern hemisphere. When it came into view in 364 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. [Feb. the northern hemisphere as a great comet inthe early morning hours of September, 1882, ithad passed before the… … A MUSKRATS SNOW-COVERED HOME, OF STICKS AND LEAVES, IN A SWAMP. central luminary into space. It was the grand-est comet of recent years, and its tail was ofenormous proportions. Now, while some comets have very long tails,others have none. The type of tailless cometis well illustrated in the Brooks…

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