Meteoric Astronomy, by Daniel Kirkwood, Ll.D

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Author

Kirkwood, Daniel, 1814-1895

Title

Meteoric astronomy: A treatise on shooting-stars, fire-balls, and aerolites

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Produced by sp1nd, Charlie Howard, 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

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eBook-No.

43715

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43715

Release Date

September 14, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.METEORIC ASTRONOMY: A TREATISE ON SHOOTING-STARS, FIRE-BALLS, AND AEROLITES.
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.INTRODUCTION. A GENERAL VIEW OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. SHOOTING-STARS. — I. The Meteors of November 12th–14th. — The Shower of November 14, 1866. — The Meteors of 1866 compared with those of former Displays. — Discussion of the Phenomena. — Elements of the Orbit.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. OTHER METEORIC RINGS. — II. The Meteors of August 6th–11th. — III. The Meteors of April 18th–26th. — IV. The Meteors of December 6th–13th. — V. The Meteors of January 2d–3d. — General Remarks.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. AEROLITES.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. CONJECTURES IN REGARD TO METEORIC EPOCHS. — The Epoch of November 29.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF METEORIC STONES—DO AEROLITIC FALLS OCCUR MORE FREQUENTLY BY DAY THAN BY NIGHT?—DO METEORITES, BOLIDES, AND THE MATTER OF ORDINARY SHOOTING-STARS, COEXIST IN THE SAME RINGS? — I. The Epoch of November 11th–14th. — II. The Epoch of August 7th–11th. — III. The Epoch of December 6th–13th. — IV. The Epoch of April 18th–26th. — V. The Epoch of April 9th–12th.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. PHENOMENA SUPPOSED TO BE METEORIC—METEORIC DUST—DARK DAYS. — Meteoric Transits—Dark Days. — Partial Interception of the Sun's Light and Heat.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. FURTHER RESEARCHES OF REICHENBACH—THEORY OF METEORS—STABILITY OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM—DOCTRINE OF A RESISTING MEDIUM.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. DOES THE NUMBER OF AEROLITIC FALLS VARY WITH THE EARTH'S DISTANCE FROM THE SUN?—RELATIVE NUMBERS OBSERVED IN THE FORENOON AND AFTERNOON—EXTENT OF THE ATMOSPHERE AS INDICATED BY METEORS.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. THE METEORIC THEORY OF SOLAR HEAT. — The Meteoric Theory.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. WILL THE METEORIC THEORY ACCOUNT FOR THE PHENOMENA OF VARIABLE AND TEMPORARY STARS? — Variable and Temporary Stars.
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. THE LUNAR AND SOLAR THEORIES OF THE ORIGIN OF AEROLITES. — The Lunar Theory. — The Solar Theory.
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. THE RINGS OF SATURN.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. THE ASTEROID RING BETWEEN MARS AND JUPITER. — Remarks on the foregoing Table.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. ORIGIN OF METEORS—THE NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS.
19. 19.CONCLUSION.
20. 20.APPENDIX. — A. The Meteors of November 14th. — B. Comets and Meteors. — C. Biela's Comet and the Meteors of November 27th–30th. — D. The First Comet of 1861 and the Meteors of April 20th.
21. 21.FOOTNOTES
22. 22.PUBLICATIONS OF J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO., Phila.
23. 23.Transcriber's Notes

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