Show little meteoric matter now in the early days of its history the earth grew rapidly by the addition of meteoric matter it is 13 still growing in the same manner though scarcely to an appreciable etani extent for the musses masses of meteoric matter added yearly Is reckoned to be only tons to in tie ee course of ages the larger planets have av swept up practically all the fragments of the original disruption and the only available source of cupply ay iy of 0 meteoric matter deemi sebros to be that brought by comets |