Comets and Meteors
- Subtitle
- Their phenomena in all ages; their mutual relations; and the theory of their origin
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE.3. I. COMETS.4. CHAPTER I. A GENERAL VIEW OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.5. CHAPTER II. COMETS.6. CHAPTER III. COMETS WHOSE ELEMENTS INDICATE PERIODICITY, BUT WHOSE RETURNS HAVE NOT BEEN RECOGNISED.7. CHAPTER IV. OTHER REMARKABLE COMETS.8. CHAPTER V. THE POSITION AND ARRANGEMENT OF COMETARY ORBITS.9. CHAPTER VI. THE DISINTEGRATION OF COMETS.10. CHAPTER VII. METEORIC STONES.11. CHAPTER VIII. SHOOTING-STARS.—METEORS OF NOVEMBER 14.12. CHAPTER IX. OTHER METEORIC STREAMS.13. CHAPTER X. THE ORIGIN OF COMETS AND METEORS.