A voyage in space; a course of six lectures "adapted to a juvenile auditory" delivered at the Royal Institution at Xmas 1913 (1915)
Turner, Herbert Hall, 1861-1930 · London Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge · leaf 61
efore, and theyfound that it was the comet mentioned by Josephus 40 A VOYAGE IN SPACE as having appeared at the siege of Jerusalem.Josephus recorded a fiery sword hanging overJerusalem, which foretold its destruction. Peoplewere terrified of comets in those days, and generallyassociated them with… … e£j .- , ■ Halleys Comet on the Bayeux Tapestry. associated with a comet, and we shall find that onseveral occasions Halleys comet has been associatedwith some event in our own national history. Forinstance, it appeared in 1066, at the time of theNorman Conquest, and it is represented on…
Astronomy -- Juvenile literature
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