单词 | cometic |
例句 | And if several such cometic masses thus travelled towards the centre, they would exhibit the wheel-like figure with bent spokes, which is seen in the spiral nebul�. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z Once more, it would ordinarily happen that detached swarms of meteors projected as implied, would carry with them masses of vapours and gases; whence would result the cometic constitution now insisted on. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I The theory of comets is that the joint attraction of the new moon and several planets in the direction of the sun, draws off the gases from the earth, and forms these cometic meteors. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II The author argues against cometic astrology with great ability. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I Most probably, much of the matter that is thus thrown off from the cometic nucleus is never collected again, but is dissipated into space, and lost for ever to the comet. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 450 Volume 18, New Series, August 14, 1852 But the scattered cometic bodies which returned to the sun's neighborhood in 1668 and 1887 speak probably of millions of years which have passed since first this comet was formed. Scientific American Supplement, No. 633, February 18, 1888 This," said Ben, pointing to one of the dark lines in the cometic spectrum, "this is produced by the vapor of carbon in the nucleus of the heavenly visitant. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales The sword shaped tails, at variance with the common theory, can be accounted for by supposing a slight difference in density or material in the cometic atmosphere, which will deflect the light as seen. Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 Some have theorized that the sun is maintained by the fall of cometic matter into it. Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel The sunbeams pass as readily through the entire thickness of the cometic substance as they do through our own highly permeable atmosphere. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 450 Volume 18, New Series, August 14, 1852 It was not till the time of Halley's comet, 1682, that modern astronomy began to consider the question of the possibly periodic character of cometic motions with attention. Scientific American Supplement, No. 633, February 18, 1888 I was now scrutinizing the cometic spectrum very closely, being particularly attracted by a thin, faint line, which I thought Ben had overlooked. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales The rays of the sun in passing through or near the nucleus are so modified as to become visible in their further progress through the cometic atmosphere, while all the rest remain invisible. Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 Simply this: that it is now conceded that meteoric showers are shreds and patches of cometic matter, dropped from the tail; and meteoric showers are stones. Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel Indeed, thus far, although the circumstances were striking, there was nothing to prevent astronomers from interpreting them as other cases of coincident, or nearly coincident, cometic paths had been interpreted. Scientific American Supplement, No. 633, February 18, 1888 |
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