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Comets and Meteors

Comets and Meteors

by Daniel Kirkwood

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Author
Kirkwood, Daniel, 1814-1895
Title
Comets and Meteors Their phenomena in all ages; their mutual relations; and the theory of their origin.
Credits
Produced by sp1nd and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
QB: Science: Astronomy
Subject
Meteors
Category
Text
eBook-No.
41606
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41606
Release Date
December 11, 2012
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.COMETS AND METEORS: THEIR PHENOMENA IN ALL AGES; THEIR MUTUAL RELATIONS; AND THE THEORY OF THEIR ORIGIN. — BY DANIEL KIRKWOOD, LL.D.,
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.I. COMETS. — CHAPTER I. A GENERAL VIEW OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM. — CHAPTER II. COMETS. — CHAPTER III. COMETS WHOSE ELEMENTS INDICATE PERIODICITY, BUT WHOSE RETURNS HAVE NOT BEEN RECOGNISED. — CHAPTER IV. OTHER REMARKABLE COMETS. — CHAPTER V. THE POSITION AND ARRANGEMENT OF COMETARY ORBITS. — CHAPTER VI. THE DISINTEGRATION OF COMETS.
  5. 5.II. METEORS. — CHAPTER VII. METEORIC STONES. — CHAPTER VIII. SHOOTING-STARS.—METEORS OF NOVEMBER 14. — CHAPTER IX. OTHER METEORIC STREAMS. — CHAPTER X. THE ORIGIN OF COMETS AND METEORS. — FOOTNOTES

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