Giberne, Agnes, 1845- [from old catalog] · Cincinnati, National book company · leaf 266
ris-oner by the powerful at-traction of Jupiter orone of his three greatbrother-planets, havebeen compelled thence-forth to travel in a closedpathway round the sun.There are also manycomets which come onceonly to our system, flash-ing round past the sun,and rushing away inquite another… … GREAT COMET OF 1769. 262 STORY OF THE SUN, MOON, AND STARS. they must have made to come from there to here? Dowe imagine for how many years they must have flownthrough the dark immensity to plunge themselves intothe fires of our sun? If we take into account the di-rections from which certain comets…
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