 | 1817 - 428 pages
...shooting stars and meteors cannot be owing to any inflammation of elastic fluids, but must depend upon the ignition of solid bodies. Dr. Halley calculated...motion must be probably sufficient to ignite the mass; and all the phenomena may be explained, if falling stars be supposed to be small solid bodies moving... | |
 | 1818 - 458 pages
...which threw down showers of stones, was estimated at seventeen miles high. The velocity of motion in these bodies must in all cases be immensely great...motion, must be probably sufficient to ignite the mass ; and all the phenomena may be explained, if falling stars be supposed to be small bodies moving round... | |
 | 1818 - 484 pages
...which threw down showers of stones, was estimated at seventeen miles high. The velocity of motion in these bodies must in all cases be immensely great;...and the heat produced by the compression of the most rarified air from the velocity of motion , must be probably sufficient to ignite the mass ; and all... | |
 | 1833 - 540 pages
...upon the ignition of solid bodies. Dr. H alley calculated the height of a meteor at ninety miles, arid the great American meteor which threw down showers...motion must be probably sufficient to ignite the mass ; and all the phenomena may be explained, if falling stars be supposed to be small solid bodies moving... | |
 | Charles Tomlinson - 1846 - 226 pages
...shooting-stars and meteors cannot be owing to any inflammation of elastic fluids, but must depend upon the ignition of solid bodies. Dr. Halley calculated...must be, probably, sufficient to ignite the mass; and all the phenomena may be explained, if falling stars be supposed to be small bodies moving round... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1848 - 892 pages
...flame, strongly expresses an opinion that the meteorites are solid bodies moving in space, and that the heat produced by the compression of the most rarefied air from the velocity of their motion must be sufficient to ignite their mass so that they are fused on entering the atmosphere.... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1860 - 896 pages
...flame, strongly expresses an opinion that the meteorites are solid bodies moving in space, and that the heat produced by the compression of the most rarefied air from the velocity of their motion must be sufficient to ignite their mass so that they are fused on entering the atmosphere.... | |
 | Charles Tomlinson - 1865 - 428 pages
...shooting-stars and meteors cannot be owing to any inflammation of elastic fluids, but must depend upon the ignition of solid bodies. Dr. Halley calculated...motion, must be, probably, sufficient to ignite the mass ; and all the phenomena may be explained, if falling stars be supposed to be small bodies moving round... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1887 - 886 pages
...the meteorites are solid bodies moving A SHOWER OF BRILLIANT METEORS ON THE OCEAN. in space, and that the heat produced by the compression of the most rarefied air from the velocity of their motion must be sufficient to ignite their mass, so that they are fused on entering the atmosphere.... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1887 - 886 pages
...the meteorites are solid bodies moving A SHOWER OF BRILLIANT METEORS ON THE OCEAN. in space, and that the heat produced by the compression of the most rarefied air from the velocity of their motion must be sufficient to ignite their mass, so that they are fused on entering the atmosphere.... | |
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I. show that the luminous appearances of shooting stars and meteors cannot be owing to any inflammation of elastic fluids, but must depend upon the ignition of solid bodies. Dr. Halley calculated the height of a meteor at ninety miles, and the great American... 
