Pro 



- 

 ther the differ : 

 they : 



smaller nan ^Id cause, 



in the ca.~ : ?f periodical, or reg _• DUUOfl 



_ 



-ice from '- earth, 



the earth, wh en it cornea to that pari 



i :L: :u/_ :'. . :- . . _ 

 >tang i; so that if 1 



the earth iss thr: 



snii, and we should see a : at the 



same day of the year. Bin if the 



i ee a shower of me: i I 

 The ring therefore produced by the m : : 1 : _ : iiz. _* :h 



ete than 

 " the x m jtof 1 :'__• the 1 



Indeed, the latter ring to con -. -t .'_: . it one 



branch pe ..".■:. jf B jme length; :_ :: 



display only on eh revel _;: m m rteors, 



when the latter are passing thj .--..: I _ e b 



bntthu _t~ three years 



in aa : 



Now, a very curie- rf B 



Leips: _ yreriea. BieWs comet 



: e: ail he z h e 

 April number of I illecttal . : _ z:. :: h: 



_ b ads * have .■ . /ottse'-'ttenee 



rt of :-ne :•: these met-: ri: rlurs 

 >hesion of ite dele s o 1 : t . :- - : "_ .- 



kind was too v .: : pre vent I ben r being ink parts 



with new ven the slirh: 



sioned by their intermingle g i ■-.:"_ Hm ■ be - 

 of his calculat ^red that this ws 



improbab. : Hi sonefi about the 



end of 1845, he 

 at I r the orbit of :1 : N veaaber mete: i - 



This remark was followed by . bat ...-■- 



made by I of Cope: rector 



of the Observatory of Brussels, and after him ti rated 



Humboldt, had already called : aerobtes, 



which frequently occurred early in the eiber. 



:::ed that 

 earth passed thro u gh the orbit of Bid Hence it 



appeared probable that : ehind 



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