Meteoric Astronomy - A Treatise on Shooting-Stars, Fire-Balls, and Aerolites
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Meteoric Astronomy - A Treatise on Shooting-Stars, Fire-Balls, and Aerolites

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Meteoric Astronomy - A Treatise on Shooting-Stars, Fire-Balls, and Aerolites

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This old work contains a comprehensive treatise on shooting-stars, fire-balls, and aerolites. Written in clear, simple language and containing useful tables and detailed illustrations, this text will be of much value to those with an interest in meteoric astronomy, and it would make for a great addition to collections of related literature. Although old, much of the information contained herein will still be of utility to the modern reader, and especially so for those with an interest in the development and evolution of meteoric astronomy. The chapters of this book include: Shooting Stars, Other Meteoric Rings, Aoelites, Conjectures in Regard to Meteoric Epochs, Geographical Distribution of Meteoric Stones, Do Aerolitic Falls Occur More Frequently by Day than By Night?, Phenomena Supposed to be Meteoric, et cetera. This antiquarian book is being republished now complete with a new introduction on the history of astronomy.

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Yes, you can access Meteoric Astronomy - A Treatise on Shooting-Stars, Fire-Balls, and Aerolites by Daniel Kirkwood in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Physical Sciences & Science History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Yutang Press
Year
2015
Print ISBN
9781443749947
eBook ISBN
9781473370739
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Science History

Table of contents

  1. Meteoric Astronomy -A Treatise on Shooting-Stars, Fire-Balls, and Aerolites
  2. A Brief History of Astronomy
  3. PREFACE.
  4. INTRODUCTION.
  5. CHAPTER II. OTHER METEORIC RINGS.
  6. CHAPTER III. AEROLITES.
  7. CHAPTER IV. CONJECTURES IN REGARD TO METEORIC EPOCHS.
  8. CHAPTER V. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF METEORIC STONES \DO AEROLITIC FALLS OCCUR MORE FREQUENTLY BY DAY THAN BY NIGHT? \DO METEORITES, BOLIDES, AND THE MATTER OF ORDINARY SHOOTING-STARS, COEXIST IN THE SAME RINGS?
  9. CHAPTER VI. PHENOMENA SUPPOSED TO BE METEORIC \METEORIC DUST \DARK DAYS.
  10. CHAPTER VII. FURTHER RESEARCHES OF REICHENBACH \THEORY OF METEORS \STABILITY OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM \DOCTRINE OF A RESISTING MEDIUM.
  11. CHAPTER VIII. DOES THE NUMBER OF AEROLITIC FALLS VARY WITH THE EARTH’S DISTANCE FROM THE SUN? \RELATIVE NUMBERS OBSERVED IN THE FORENOON AND AFTERNOON \EXTENT OF THE ATMOSPHERE AS INDICATED BY METEORS.
  12. CHAPTER IX. THE METEORIC THEORY OF SOLAR HEAT.
  13. CHAPTER X. WILL THE METEORIC THEORY ACCOUNT FOR THE PHENOMENA OF VARIABLE AND TEMPORARY STARS?
  14. CHAPTER XI. THE LUNAR AND SOLAR THEORIES OF THE ORIGIN OF AEROLITES.
  15. CHAPTER XII. THE RINGS OF SATURN.
  16. CHAPTER XIII. THE ASTEROID RING BETWEEN MARS AND JUPITER.
  17. CHAPTER XIV. ORIGIN OF METEORS \THE NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS.
  18. CONCLUSION.
  19. APPENDIX.