cometic
Americanadjective
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But the scattered cometic bodies which returned to the sun's neighborhood in 1668 and 1887 speak probably of millions of years which have passed since first this comet was formed.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 633, February 18, 1888 by Various
Simply this: that it is now conceded that meteoric showers are shreds and patches of cometic matter, dropped from the tail; and meteoric showers are stones.
From Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel by Ignatius Donnelly
Once more, it would ordinarily happen that detached swarms of meteors projected as implied, would carry with them masses of vapours and gases; whence would result the cometic constitution now insisted on.
From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Herbert Spencer
The theory of comets is that the joint attraction of the new moon and several planets in the direction of the sun, draws off the gases from the earth, and forms these cometic meteors.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by David Eugene Smith
The sword shaped tails, at variance with the common theory, can be accounted for by supposing a slight difference in density or material in the cometic atmosphere, which will deflect the light as seen.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 by Various
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