Nature, Volume 55Nature Publishing Group, 1896 - Science |
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Page 54
... Meteors of all kinds were scarce , and the Leonid shower was especially disappointing , fewer of its meteors being seen than last year during a shorter watch of the sky . Twelve in a period extending over a period of 44 hours is a very ...
... Meteors of all kinds were scarce , and the Leonid shower was especially disappointing , fewer of its meteors being seen than last year during a shorter watch of the sky . Twelve in a period extending over a period of 44 hours is a very ...
Page 55
... meteor ; and eye observations | made during the same interval , but with occasional breaks , were not very fruitful as regards results , only about twenty meteors in all being recorded , and not even all these Leonids . The evening of ...
... meteor ; and eye observations | made during the same interval , but with occasional breaks , were not very fruitful as regards results , only about twenty meteors in all being recorded , and not even all these Leonids . The evening of ...
Page 176
... meteor - comet , to note exactly the hours of the watches kept , the states of sky and moonlight , with the numbers and brightnesses of the Leonids and sporadic meteors seen , to enable a true distinction to be drawn between bordering ...
... meteor - comet , to note exactly the hours of the watches kept , the states of sky and moonlight , with the numbers and brightnesses of the Leonids and sporadic meteors seen , to enable a true distinction to be drawn between bordering ...
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