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Daniel Kirkwood. Meteoric astronomy: A treatise on shooting-stars, fire-balls, and aerolites
Meteoric astronomy: A treatise on shooting-stars, fire-balls, and aerolites
Table of Contents
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION. A GENERAL VIEW OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
METEORIC ASTRONOMY
CHAPTER I. SHOOTING-STARS
I. The Meteors of November 12th–14th
The Shower of November 14, 1866
The Meteors of 1866 compared with those of former Displays
Discussion of the Phenomena
Elements of the Orbit
CHAPTER II. OTHER METEORIC RINGS
II. The Meteors of August 6th–11th
III. The Meteors of April 18th–26th
IV. The Meteors of December 6th–13th
V. The Meteors of January 2d–3d
General Remarks
CHAPTER III. AEROLITES
CHAPTER IV. CONJECTURES IN REGARD TO METEORIC EPOCHS
The Epoch of November 29
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?
I. The Epoch of November 11th–14th
II. The Epoch of August 7th–11th
III. The Epoch of December 6th–13th
IV. The Epoch of April 18th–26th
V. The Epoch of April 9th–12th
CHAPTER VI. PHENOMENA SUPPOSED TO BE METEORIC—METEORIC DUST—DARK DAYS
Meteoric Transits—Dark Days
Partial Interception of the Sun's Light and Heat
CHAPTER VII. FURTHER RESEARCHES OF REICHENBACH—THEORY OF METEORS—STABILITY OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM—DOCTRINE OF A RESISTING MEDIUM
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
CHAPTER IX. THE METEORIC THEORY OF SOLAR HEAT
The Meteoric Theory
CHAPTER X. WILL THE METEORIC THEORY ACCOUNT FOR THE PHENOMENA OF VARIABLE AND TEMPORARY STARS?
Variable and Temporary Stars
CHAPTER XI. THE LUNAR AND SOLAR THEORIES OF THE ORIGIN OF AEROLITES
The Lunar Theory
The Solar Theory
CHAPTER XII. THE RINGS OF SATURN
CHAPTER XIII. THE ASTEROID RING BETWEEN MARS AND JUPITER
Remarks on the foregoing Table
CHAPTER XIV. ORIGIN OF METEORS—THE NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS
CONCLUSION
APPENDIX
A. The Meteors of November 14th
B. Comets and Meteors
C. Biela's Comet and the Meteors of November 27th–30th
D. The First Comet of 1861 and the Meteors of April 20th
FOOTNOTES
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