Sun, moon, and stars. Astronomy for beginners (1893)
Giberne, Agnes, 1845-1939 · New York, American tract society · leaf 108
les us. It is hardly surprising, however, that fearswere once felt. The great size and brilliancy ofsome of these comets naturally caused large ideasto be held as to their weight; and the general un-certainty about their movements naturally addedto the mysterious notions afloat with respect totheir… … Visitors. 89 So convinced were many on this point that thesight of a comet and the dread of the coming end of the world were fast bound together intheir minds. Even when astronomers began to understandthe paths of some of the comets, and to foretelltheir return at certain dates, the old fear was…
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