Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 137
hen the comet passesbetween us and the sun, it crosses over to theother side of the earth, and there it can be seenafter sunset by peering around the western hori-zon at it. Fig. 3 shows the position on the twenty-fifth of May. Each day, as it moves away from usand the sun, we can see it later in… … FIG. 3. AFTER MAY l8, I9IO, WHEN THE COMET PASSES BETWEEN US AND THE SUN, IT WILL BE SEEN ONLY AFTER SUNDOWN IN THE WESTERN SKIES. time they will have to drop it and let it pursueits lonesome journey to the cold, dark regionswhence it came. If a comet were only a living being, it wouldfind its…
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