 ... miles in a second — a fragment of it alone reached the earth. The obliquity of the descent of meteorites, the peculiar substances they are composed of, and the explosion accompanying their fall, show that they are foreign to our system.  On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences - Page 256by Mary Somerville - 1840 - 499 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Mary Somerville - 1831 - 710 pages
...explosion with which their fall is invariably accompanied, show that they are foreign to our planet. Luminous spots altogether independent of the phases...occasionally appeared on the dark part of the moon, which have been ascribed to the light arising from the eruption of volcanoes ; whence it has been supposed... | |
 | 1834 - 476 pages
...velocity of about twenty miles in a second; a fragment of it alone reached the earth. The obliquity of the descent of meteorites, the peculiar substances...ascribed to the light arising from the eruption of voléanos ; whence it has been supposed that meteorites have been projected from the moon by the impetus... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1834 - 478 pages
...velocity of about twenty miles in a second; a fragment of it alone reached the earth. The obliquity of the descent of meteorites, the peculiar substances...altogether independent of the phases, have occasionally appearcd on the dark part of the moon; these have been ascribed to the light arising from the eruption... | |
 | Mary Somerville - 1834 - 390 pages
...velocity of about 20 miles in a second, — a fragment of it alone reached the earth. The obliquity of the descent of meteorites, the peculiar substances...explosion accompanying their fall, show that they are lileign to our system. Luminous spots, altogether independent of the phases, have occasionally appeared... | |
 | 1840 - 460 pages
...velocity of about twenty miles in a second ; a fragment of it alone reached the earth. The obliquity of the descent of meteorites, the peculiar substances...their fall, show that they are foreign to our system." But, without resuming the consideration of this particular phenomenon, there is another which of late... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 370 pages
...ground. The obliquity of the descent of meteorites, the peculiar substances of which they are composed, and the explosion accompanying their fall, show that they are foreign to our system. Luminous spots have occasionally appeared on the dark part of the moon. These have been ascribed to the light arising... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 344 pages
...ground. The obliquity of the descent of meteorites, the peculiar substances of which they are composed, and the explosion accompanying their fall, show that they are foreign to our system. Luminous spots have occasionally appeared on the dark part of the moon. These have been ascribed to the light arising... | |
 | Mary Somerville - 1846 - 506 pages
...velocity of about 20 miles in a second — a fragment of it alone reached the earth. The obliquity of the descent of meteorites, the peculiar substances...; whence it has been supposed that meteorites have been projected from the moon by the impetus of volcanic eruption. It has even been computed, that if... | |
 | Mary Somerville - 1846 - 496 pages
...velocity of about 20 miles in a second — a fragment of jt alone roached the earth. The obliquity of the descent of meteorites, the peculiar substances...foreign to our system. Luminous spots, altogether in" dependent of the phases, have occasionally appeared on the dark part of the moon ; these have been... | |
 | Philip Tocque - 1846 - 418 pages
...velocity of about twenty miles in a second. A fragment of it alone reached the earth. The obliquity of the descent of meteorites, the peculiar substances...their fall, show that they are foreign to our system." I have read accounts of meteoric phenomena in the following works : Dick's " Celestial Scenery," the... | |
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