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1.  In the Days of the Comet / Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
   The Project Gutenberg EBook of In the Days of the Comet, by H. G. Wells This eBook is for the use ... .gutenberg.net Title: In the Days of the Comet Author: H. G. Wells Release Date: October 25, 2004 [EBook #3797  details...
   • creator(s) - Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
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   • subject(s) - nettie; verrall; lord redcar; young verrall; lord redcar; young verrall; nettie; verrall;
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2.  Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space / Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
   *The Project Gutenberg Etext of Off on a Comet, by Jules Verne* #7 in our series by Jules Verne ... your donations. Off on a Comet by Jules Verne June, 1998 [Etext #1353] [Most recently updated: April 22  details...
   • creator(s) - Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
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   • subject(s) - servadac; ben zoof; zoof; captain servadac; procope; gallia; ben; count timascheff; comet; lieutenant; captain; hector servadac; nina's hive; count; ben zoof's; asked servadac; ben zoof's; gallia; asked servadac; count; hector servadac; count timascheff; captain; servadac; procope; nina's hive; captain servadac; ben zoof; comet; ben; zoof; lieutenant;
   • title - Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space
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3.  Sketches New and Old, Part 7. / Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
   . A CURIOUS PLEASURE EXCURSION --[Published at the time of the "Comet Scare" in the summer of 1874] [We ... the public that in connection with Mr. Barnum I have leased the comet for a term, of years; and I desire also  details...
   • creator(s) - Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
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   • subject(s) - caesar; comet; twain; caesar; comet; twain;
   • title - Sketches New and Old, Part 7.
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4.  Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel / Donnelly, Ignatius, 1831-1901
   PART II. THE COMET. I. A COMET CAUSED THE DRIFT 63 ...  details...
   • creator(s) - Donnelly, Ignatius, 1831-1901
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   • subject(s) - comet; drift; ice; legends; clay; pha ton; earth; earth; drift; ice; legends; comet; pha ton; clay;
   • title - Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel
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5.  COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 / Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859
   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Comets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Aerolites ... , Iris, and Flora, now constitute 16; secondary planets 18; myriad of comets of which many of the inner  details...
   • creator(s) - Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859
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   • subject(s) - strata; temperature; phenomena; volcanic; magnetic; humboldt; terrestrial; comet; volcanoes; comets; der; phenomenon; meteoric; surface; planet; atmosphere; latitude; zodiacal light; elevation; der; surface; meteoric; phenomena; zodiacal light; terrestrial; strata; latitude; atmosphere; comets; temperature; humboldt; volcanic; magnetic; elevation; comet; planet; volcanoes; phenomenon;
   • title - COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1
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6.  Scientific American Supplement, No. 633, February 18, 1888 / Various
   . 10106 II. ASTRONOMY.--A Fivefold Comet.--A curious astronomical deduction; the probable division of one comet into five by the disturbing effects of the sun. 1 illustration. 10116 ...  details...
   • creator(s) - Various
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   • subject(s) - comet; sugar; cylinder; stresses; cane; comets; juice; internal stresses; architectural; architecture; pressure; liquid; cell; steam; pressure; liquid; comets; architectural; stresses; steam; architecture; cylinder; comet; cell; sugar; juice; cane; internal stresses;
   • title - Scientific American Supplement, No. 633, February 18, 1888
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7.  The Conversation Of Eiros And Charmion / Poe, Edgar Allen
   in which the comets were divested of the terrors of flame. The very moderate density of these bodies had been well ... of all the comets were accurately known. That among them we should look for the agency of the threatened fiery  details...
   • creator(s) - Poe, Edgar Allen
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   • subject(s) - charmion; eiros; aidenn; comet; nitrogen; tenuity; oxygen; astronomers; nucleus; comets; astronomical; orb; agency; calamity; fiery; mankind; meantime; intellect; majesty; contact; flame; destruction; atmosphere; terror; wild; american literature; calamity; aidenn; destruction; astronomers; tenuity; meantime; nucleus; atmosphere; comets; mankind; fiery; majesty; charmion; flame; contact; oxygen; comet; astronomical; eiros; intellect; agency; terror; orb; wild; nitrogen; american literature;
   • title - The Conversation Of Eiros And Charmion
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8.  ABC's of Science / Oliver, Charles A. (Charles Alexander), 1858-1932
   as follows. "Comet of 1881, the year Mother Shipton prophecied the Earth to come to an end." "Comet of 1744." "Comet of 1857." "Biela's comet discovered in 1827. returned at intervals of 6 1/2 years. In 1846 ...  details...
   • creator(s) - Oliver, Charles A. (Charles Alexander), 1858-1932
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   • subject(s) - magnetism; diameter; orbit; protoplasm; satellites; vapor; saturn; rotates; ducts; planet; comets; comet; neptune; crust; milky; currents; solar; miles; current; atoms; vegetable; comprised; oliver; flourish; deposits; concentrated; sun; nerves; science; concentrated; saturn; crust; milky; ducts; comets; miles; atoms; vapor; rotates; satellites; nerves; deposits; sun; vegetable; currents; solar; comprised; oliver; comet; science; orbit; neptune; current; planet; flourish; magnetism; diameter; protoplasm;
   • title - ABC's of Science
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9.  History of Astronomy / Forbes, George, 1849-1936
   AND PLANETS 14. COMETS AND METEORS 15. THE STARS AND NEBULÆ INDEX PREFACE An attempt ... of a comet was sometimes noted simultaneously with the death of a great ruler, or an eclipse with a scourge  details...
   • creator(s) - Forbes, George, 1849-1936
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   • subject(s) - solar; tycho; tycho brahe; astronomy; spectrum; orbit; brahe; parallax; kepler; herschel; copernicus; planet; planets; comet; lunar; solar system; telescope; observatory; newton; astronomers; stars; motion; gravitation; comets; astronomer; jupiter; astron; astronomers; herschel; jupiter; tycho; comets; spectrum; stars; astronomy; astronomer; gravitation; solar system; telescope; planets; solar; astron; observatory; comet; newton; orbit; tycho brahe; planet; motion; brahe; copernicus; parallax; kepler; lunar;
   • title - History of Astronomy
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10.  Physical science in the time of Nero [microform] : being a translation of the Quaestiones naturales of Seneca / by John Clarke ... with notes on the treatise by Sir Archibald Geikie ... / Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D
    -<?Xct). Their production and motions, varieties of them. Some do damage. Some are analogous to comets. * * Bearded ... , long for it, and, if necessary, meet it half way .... 265 BOOK VII TREATING OF COMETS I  details...
    • creator(s) - Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D
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    • publisher - London : Macmillan, 1910.
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    • subject(s) - comets; meteorology early works to 1800; earthquakes; science early works to 1800; seneca; physical science; lightning; science; atmosphere; earth; atmosphere; comets; meteorology early works to 1800; lightning; earth; earthquakes; physical science; science; science early works to 1800; seneca;
    • title - Physical science in the time of Nero [microform] : being a translation of the Quaestiones naturales of Seneca / by John Clarke ... with notes on the treatise by Sir Archibald Geikie ...
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