Popular Astronomy, Volume 50Goodsell Observatory of Carleton College, 1942 |
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... fireball paths are remembered . If we adopt B , however , there is no longer the slightest resemblance . FIREBALL OF 1929 JULY 10 This fireball appeared at about 9:50 P.M. , E.S.T. , over western Ohio , moving from south to north . The ...
... fireball paths are remembered . If we adopt B , however , there is no longer the slightest resemblance . FIREBALL OF 1929 JULY 10 This fireball appeared at about 9:50 P.M. , E.S.T. , over western Ohio , moving from south to north . The ...
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... FIREBALL OF 1936 OCTOBER 21 By DONALD A. MACRAE The fireball appeared in the vicinity of the nation's capital well after dark on this October evening . It began over the southern border of Pennsylvania , a hundred miles west of ...
... FIREBALL OF 1936 OCTOBER 21 By DONALD A. MACRAE The fireball appeared in the vicinity of the nation's capital well after dark on this October evening . It began over the southern border of Pennsylvania , a hundred miles west of ...
Page 508
... fireball was seen also at Sam- lande and at Masovien ; there a meteor is called kolbuk , and in the Polish Over- land , kobolt . " At Lyck ( distance 18 miles ) , as at Gumbinnen , the detonation was heard . The reports from Hohenstein ...
... fireball was seen also at Sam- lande and at Masovien ; there a meteor is called kolbuk , and in the Polish Over- land , kobolt . " At Lyck ( distance 18 miles ) , as at Gumbinnen , the detonation was heard . The reports from Hohenstein ...
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Bolide observed A bright 451 | 114 |
STELLAR DISTANCES FREDERICK SLOCUM | 117 |
METEORITIC FOSSILS BEN HUR WILSON | 125 |
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