Flammarion, Camille, 1842-1925, Lockyer, Winifred James, Mrs., d. 1879 · New York, C. Scribner & co. · leaf 221
shed betweenthem and planets. Instead of being opaque, heavy, and im-portant bodies like our planets, they are of great lightness,and extreme tenuity. One day, a comet carried away by itsrapid march, traversed the system of Jupiter ; the satellitesand the planet were for some hours surrounded by… … th iilit he had conceived an ingenious idea in attributirgthis ap|)Ti(la;^e to the tail ^ f a comet which wa^> wound Coviets. 211 round the planet, he did not dream of the extreme rarity ofthese impotent vapours. The distinctive character of comets hes especially in thelength of their course,…
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