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Show METEORS FALL EVERY HOUR a Only Oeeaalenally One ef (ufflclant Dl-manalana Dl-manalana turvlvaa Paaaaga Through Air to tarlh. Meteora, or ahoollni atara. aa the are more generally called, bate from the beginning of tblneja been bombard Ing the world at a rata eetlmated br the hlgheet authority at rnaar thou-auida thou-auida aa boar, of which, however, ao average of only live or all are vlalble (o the naked eya during the aaraa period of time. Fortunately, owing to our protecting envelope of air. very few of thcae liiiiallca reach ua. In alia, meleora vary from a few ouncea lo u,W poumli in welxht, and It la only very occasionally that one la of autn-rlent autn-rlent dluienalona to aurvlvs tha paaa-axe paaa-axe of eighty to one. Bandred mtlea through an atmoaphere locrealng la denalty aa the earth la' approached: Tha apeed at which they enter the atmosphere, at-mosphere, calculated at not leaa thaa It inltee a aecond. generatea aurb la-tense la-tense heat by friction that the Iron of ahlch the meteor principally consists la Immediately reduced to an lncandea-cent lncandea-cent vapor, which la the luminous train so frequently seen In the heavena on a clear night Tba vapor rapidly cools, and condenses In form of these minute particles, which aaauma tha epherlcal form aa doea ahot during lla tall from the top of the lower. Final!. , tha little pherea ara scattered by tha winds and currenta In the upper region, and gradually descend In their tnUIMiBe aa an Invisible but never-enithiaT shower. fitrand Maxailne. f |