 | 1845 - 636 pages
...after the lapse of several years, and when they have made many revolutions round their orbit." * * " Shooting stars fall either singly and rarely, and...the most remarkable are those that occur from the l£th to the 14th of November, and on the 10th of August ; the ' fiery tears' which then descend are... | |
 | Johann Heinrich Jacob Müller - 1847 - 612 pages
...phenomenon connected with falling stars, is the periodically recurring showers which have been observed from the 12th to the 14th of November, and on the 10th of August (the Feast of St. Lawrence) ; these periodic showers of stars of the latter date are noticed in an ancient... | |
 | 1852 - 844 pages
...an explanation of the periodic showers of falling stars." 121. These periodic showers are observed from the 12th to the 14th. of November, and on the 10th of August. On the 12th and 13th of November, 1833, they appeared to fall almost in contact, like flakes of snow... | |
 | 1859 - 984 pages
...part in parallel directions. Of the periodic groups those hitherto best known are the phenomena of the 12th to the 14th of November, and on the 10th of August, or day of S. Lawrence, whose " fiery tears " were long since recognised in England as a recurring meteorological... | |
 | Neil Arnott - 1877 - 916 pages
...The Constellations. 831 several instances. The most remarkable epochs of their appearance are from 12th to the 14th of November, and on the 10th of August. The average height of shooting stars has been estimated at sixty miles. This would be about the beginning... | |
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¡itmosphere, and only suffer a certain deflection in the eccentricity of their orbils by the attraction of the earth. We may conceive that the same bodies only become visible to us again after the lapse of several years, and when they have made many... 