Project Gutenberg 2013-09-14 Public domain in the USA. 233 Kirkwood, Daniel 1814 1895 Meteoric astronomy: A treatise on shooting-stars, fire-balls, and aerolites Produced by sp1nd, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Meteoric Astronomy: A Treatise on Shooting-Stars, Fire-Balls, and Aerolites" by Daniel Kirkwood is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The text discusses the phenomena of shooting stars, meteors, and meteoric stones, delving into historical observations and scientific theories related to these celestial events. Kirkwood aims to present the findings in this area of astronomy in an accessible manner, catering to both scholarly and public interest. The opening of the treatise introduces the subject of meteoric astronomy by tracing historical beliefs about comets and meteors, transitioning to modern discoveries that categorize shooting stars and meteor falls as cosmical bodies orbiting the sun. Kirkwood references significant meteor showers and their periodic occurrences, emphasizing the importance of systematic observation. The preface outlines the structure of the work, indicating that the initial chapters will address specific meteor showers, while subsequent sections will explore the theory underlying meteoric events, enriching the reader's understanding of the physical cosmos and its dynamic phenomena. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/43715/43715-h/images/cover.jpg en Meteors QB Text Browsing: Science - Astronomy Browsing: Science - General 269562 269571 2024-09-18T10:41:48.583849 2023-09-19T06:38:59.741359 text/html text/html 273147 2013-09-14T09:28:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 303820 2013-09-14T09:28:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 331110 2024-09-18T10:41:55.317772 application/epub+zip 331751 2024-09-18T10:41:50.091834 application/epub+zip 159747 2024-09-18T10:41:49.220810 application/epub+zip 435486 2024-09-18T10:41:59.688802 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 400183 2024-09-18T10:41:54.632826 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 229234 2022-09-20T03:36:06.440357 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 211560 211361 2024-09-18T10:41:47.718855 2023-09-19T06:38:58.782413 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 210923 2013-09-14T09:28:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 75415 2013-09-14T09:28:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 211054 2013-09-14T09:28:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 75326 2013-09-14T09:28:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19831 2024-09-18T10:41:59.860776 application/rdf+xml 16465 2024-09-18T10:41:49.336814 image/jpeg 2691 2024-09-18T10:41:49.277810 image/jpeg 304812 2024-09-18T10:41:48.615835 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog