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1.  COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 / Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859
   ones are inclosed p 18 in the orbits of the planets; a rotating ring (the zodiacal light) and meteoric ... ) -- p. 107 and note. Revolving aerolites (meteoric stones, fire-balls, falling stars). Their planetary  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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2.  The Boy Scouts of the Flying Squadron / Shaler, Robert
   Letter Day in the Woods VII. Bud's Meteor VIII. Uncle Sam's Flying Squadron IX. Friends in Khaki ... , I do believe! Could that have been a meteor bursting, do you think, Hugh?" "Well, that's a new idea," admitted  details...
   • creator(s) - Shaler, Robert
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   • subject(s) - hugh; bud; ralph; lieutenant fosdick; scouts; flying squadron; wolf patrol; patrol leader; bud; wolf patrol; ralph; flying squadron; lieutenant fosdick; hugh; scouts; patrol leader;
   • title - The Boy Scouts of the Flying Squadron
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3.  The Philanderers / Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley), 1865-1948
   do you represent?' The reporter hesitated a little. 'The _Evening Meteor_,' he admitted reluctantly, keeping ... necessarily for the last few weeks. The _Meteor_ has, I suppose, continued its--crusade, shall we call it  details...
   • creator(s) - Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley), 1865-1948
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   • subject(s) - mallinson; clarice; drake; mesurier; willoughby; sidney mallinson; stephen drake; fielding; beaufort gardens; willoughby; fielding; mallinson; sidney mallinson; clarice; beaufort gardens; mesurier; stephen drake; drake;
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4.  Edison's Conquest of Mars / Serviss, Garrett P. (Garrett Putman), 1851-1929
   warships of England, with her meteor flag streaming red in the breeze, while the royal insignia, indicating ... a traveler, Tavernier, saw in India an unmatched diamond which afterward disappeared like a meteor  details...
   • creator(s) - Serviss, Garrett P. (Garrett Putman), 1851-1929
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   • subject(s) - martians; edison; mars; asteroid; planet; martian; squadron; electrical; lord kelvin; colonel smith; syrtis major; electrical ships; car; ships; surface; colonel smith; surface; syrtis major; electrical ships; martians; electrical; ships; lord kelvin; mars; planet; squadron; car; martian; asteroid; edison;
   • title - Edison's Conquest of Mars
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5.  Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government / Richardson, James, 1806-1851
   --Scorpions--Dialogue with a Ghatee--Splendid Meteors--Visit from En-Noor--Intrigues of the Fellatahs--A Sultan loaded with Presents ... --Secret Societies--Magicians--The Evil Eye--Morality of Soudan--Magnificent Meteor--Stories of the Sfaxee  details...
   • creator(s) - Richardson, James, 1806-1851
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   • subject(s) - zinder; noor; kuka; bornou; sultan; tuaricks; sarkee; sheikh; razzia; soudan; caravan; camels; route; haj beshir; slaves; africa; shereef kebir; village; shereef kebir; tuaricks; camels; caravan; zinder; slaves; sultan; route; sheikh; noor; africa; village; bornou; razzia; haj beshir; sarkee; soudan; kuka;
   • title - Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government
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6.  Curiosities of the Sky / Serviss, Garrett P. (Garrett Putman), 1851-1929
   companions, sometimes as massive as themselves; the planets are non-luminous; the same is true of meteors ... , after all, then, to believe that there are immense collections of shadowy gases and meteoric dust whose  details...
   • creator(s) - Serviss, Garrett P. (Garrett Putman), 1851-1929
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   • subject(s) - solar; comet; nebula; nebul; milky way; stars; milky; hypothesis; zodiacal light; planet; spiral nebul; star; sun; mars; solar system; zodiacal light; hypothesis; milky; stars; nebul; star; solar system; sun; spiral nebul; solar; comet; mars; planet; milky way; nebula;
   • title - Curiosities of the Sky
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7.  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
   , September 27, 1909. CONTENTS PREFACE ... v INTRODUCTION xxi BOOK I [METEORS, HALO, RAINBOW ... raised ..... 3 CHAP. I. Meteoric fires she-goat, kid, etc. Occasions of their appearance  details...
   • creator(s) - Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D
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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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8.  A Columbus of Space / Serviss, Garrett P. (Garrett Putman), 1851-1929
   left his seat to look out. At last I asked him: "What are you looking for, Edmund?" "Meteors." "Meteors, out here!" "Of course. You're something of an astronomer; don't you know that they hang ...  details...
   • creator(s) - Serviss, Garrett P. (Garrett Putman), 1851-1929
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   • subject(s) - edmund; jack; car; edmund; jack; car;
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9.  A Trip to Venus / Munro, John, 1849-1930
   four are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Moreover, a number of comets and swarms of meteoric ... of meteoric stones, illuminated by the sunlight as well as of incandescent vapours of 'coronium,' a very light  details...
   • creator(s) - Munro, John, 1849-1930
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   • subject(s) - gazen; carmichael; miss carmichael; alumion; venus; professor gazen; car; planet; replied gazen; planets; alumion; professor gazen; carmichael; replied gazen; planets; miss carmichael; venus; planet; car; gazen;
   • title - A Trip to Venus
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10.  Dahcotah Life and Legends of the Sioux Around Fort Snelling / Eastman, Mary H. (Mary Henderson), 1818-1887
    by their relations or friends. The Dahcotahs say that _meteors_ are men or women flying through the air ... -ken-den-da," or the mysterious passing fire. They have a tradition of a meteor which, they say, was passing over a hill  details...
    • creator(s) - Eastman, Mary H. (Mary Henderson), 1818-1887
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    • subject(s) - dahcotahs; dahcotah; wenona; chippeways; sioux; fort snelling; teepee; snelling; medicine; fort; deer; warriors; warrior; indian; village; dahcotah woman; dahcotah warrior; teepee; warriors; dahcotah; sioux; deer; fort; dahcotah warrior; village; warrior; medicine; wenona; dahcotah woman; fort snelling; indian; chippeways; dahcotahs; snelling;
    • title - Dahcotah Life and Legends of the Sioux Around Fort Snelling
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