Comets and Meteors Their phenomena in all ages; their mutual relations; and the theory of their origin.

The term _comet_--which signifies literally a _hairy star_--may be applied to all bodies that revolve about the sun in very eccentric orbits. The sudden appearance, vast dimensi...

Although shooting-stars have doubtless been observed in all ages of the world, it is only within the last half century that they have attracted the special attention of scientif...

Although numerous instances of the fall of aerolites had been recorded, some of them apparently well authenticated, the occurrence long appeared too marvelous and improbable to...

_The Meteors of August 7-11._--Muschenbroek, in his "Introduction to Natural Philosophy," published in 1762, stated as the result of his own observations that shooting-stars are...

Since the commencement of the present century five comets have been discovered, which form, with Halley's, an interesting and remarkable group. The first of these was detected b...

The cosmical masses from which comets are derived seem to traverse in great numbers the interstellar spaces. In consequence of the sun's progressive motion, these nebulous bodie...

The _fact_ that in several instances meteoric streams move in orbits identical with those of certain comets was first established by the researches of Signor Schiaparelli. The _...

It remains to describe some of the most remarkable comets of which we have any record, but of which we have no means of determining with certainty whether they move in ellipses,...

A descriptive treatise on COMETS and METEORS may properly be preceded by a brief general view of the _planetary_ system to which these bodies are related, and by which their mot...

The fact that comets and meteors, or at least a large proportion of such bodies, have entered the solar system from stellar space, is now admitted by all astronomers. The questi...