 | Thomas Milner - 1873 - 336 pages
...Bonpland observed the spectacle on the coast of Mexico. The former remarks : — " Thousands of bolides and falling stars succeeded each other during four...Their direction was very regular from north to south. From the beginning of the phenomenon there was not a space in the firmament equal in extent o Rf W... | |
 | Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - 1873 - 360 pages
...1799, we witn^s^ed a most extraordinary scene of shooting meteors. Thousands of bolides, and fulling stars succeeded each other during four hours Their direction was very regular from north to south. From the beginning of the phenomenon there was not a space in the firmament, equal in extent to three... | |
 | Henry Kiddle - 1870 - 194 pages
...of November, 1799, we witnessed a most extraordinary scene of shooting meteors. Thousands of bolidea and falling stars succeeded each other during four hours. Their direction was very regularly from north to south ; and from the beginning of the phenomenon there was not a space in the... | |
 | Henry Kiddle - 1877 - 296 pages
...of November, 1799, we witnessed a most extraordinary scene of shooting meteors. Thonsands of bolides and falling stars succeeded each other during four hours. Their direction was very regularly from north to south ; and from the beginning of the phenomenon there was not a space in the... | |
 | Samuel Kinns - 1883 - 556 pages
...witnessed a most extraordinary scene of shooting meteors. Thousands of bodies and falling stars sncceeded each other during four hours. Their direction was very regular from north to south. From the beginning of the phenomenon there was not a space iu the firmament equal in extent to three... | |
 | Samuel Kinns - 1885 - 578 pages
..."Towards the morning we witnessed a most extraordinary scene of shooting meteors. Thousands of bodies and falling stars succeeded each other during four hours. Their direction was very regidar from north to south. From the beginning of the phenomenon there was not a space iu the firmament... | |
 | Samuel Kinns - 1887 - 862 pages
..."Towards the morning we witnessed a most extraordinary scene of shooting meteors. Thousands of bodies and falling stars succeeded each other during four...Their direction was very regular from north to south. From the beginning of the phenomenon there was not a space iu the firmament equal in extent to three... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1887 - 886 pages
...of November, 1799, we witnessed a most extraordinary scene of shooting meteors. Thousands of bodies and falling stars succeeded each other during four...Their direction was very regular from north to south. From the beginning of the phenomenon there was not a space in the firmament equal in extent to three... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1887 - 886 pages
...of November, 1799, we witnessed a most extraordinary scene of shooting meteors. Thousands of bodies and falling stars succeeded each other during four...Their direction was very regular from north to south. From the beginning of the phenomenon there was not a space in the firmament equal in extent to three... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1892 - 508 pages
...perceived them first. Thousands of bodies and falling stars succeeded each other during the space of four hours. Their direction was very regular from...south. They filled a space in the sky extending from due east 30° to north and south. In an amplitude of 60° the meteors were seen to rise above the horizon... | |
| |
Towards the morning of the 13th of November, 1799, we witnessed a most extraordinary scene of shooting meteors. Thousands of bodies and falling stars succeeded each other during four hours. Their direction was very regular from north to south. From the... 
