Lecture V.

COMETS AND SHOOTING STARS.

The Movements of a Comet--Encke’s Comet--The Great Comet of Halley--How the Telegraph is used for Comets--The Parabola-- The Materials of a Comet--Meteors--What becomes of the Shooting Stars--Grand Meteors--The Great November Showers--Other Great Showers--Meteorites 255