 | 1818 - 484 pages
...bodies. Dr. Halley calculated the height of a meteor at ninety miles ; and the great American meteor 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... | |
 | 1818 - 458 pages
...bodies. Dr. Halley calculated the height of a meteor at ninety miles; and the great American meteor 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... | |
 | Andrew Ure - 1821 - 436 pages
...bodies. Dr. Halley calculated the height of a meteor at ninety miles, and the great American meteor which threw down showers of stones, was estimated...cases be immensely great, and the heat produced by 42 the compression of the most rarified air, from the velocity of motion, must be probably sufficient... | |
 | Andrew Ure - 1821 - 436 pages
...The velocity of motion of these bodies must in all cases be immensely great, and the heat produced by from the velocity of motion, must be probably sufficient to ignite the mass. All the phenomena may be explained, if falling stare be supposed to be small solid bodies moving around... | |
 | Patrick Murphy - 1825 - 180 pages
...bodies. Dr. Halley calculated the height of a meteor at ninety miles, and the great American meteor, which threw down showers of stones, was estimated...motion, must be probably sufficient to ignite the mass. All the phenomena may be explained, if falling stars be supposed to be small solid bodies moving round... | |
 | Andrew Ure - 1828 - 872 pages
...bodies. Dr. H alley calculated the height of a meteor at ninety miles, and the great American meteor, which threw down showers of stones, was estimated...motion, must be probably sufficient to ignite the mass. All the phenomena mny be explained, if falling stars be supposed to be smull solid bodies moving round... | |
 | Andrew Ure - 1831 - 980 pages
...bodies. Dr Ilalley calculated the height of a meteor at ninety miles, and the great American meteor, which threw down showers of stones, was estimated...motion, must be probably sufficient to ignite the mass. All the phenomena may be explained, if Jailing stars be supposed to be small solid bodies moving round... | |
 | 1833 - 540 pages
...bodies. Dr. H alley calculated the height of a meteor at ninety miles, arid the great American meteor which threw down showers of stones was estimated at...small solid bodies moving round the earth in very excentric orbits, which become ignited only when they pass with immense velocity through the upper... | |
 | Charles Tomlinson - 1846 - 226 pages
...bodies. Dr. Halley calculated the height of a meteor at ninety miles ; and the great American meteor, which threw down showers of stones, was estimated...explained, if falling stars be supposed to be small bodies moving round the earth in very eccentric orbits, which become ignited only when they pass with... | |
 | 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.... | |
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