The romance of comets

Chapter 2: Illustrations

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The book surveys cultural and scientific views of comets and meteors, from ancient portents to modern observational understanding. It presents comet-hunting as a popular pursuit, sharing notable finding stories and observer anecdotes. Several famous apparitions are described, including daylight comets and instances of comets appearing in distress. Chapters explain the use of photography in studying comets and recount the return of a prominent periodic comet in the early twentieth century. The author examines competing origin theories for comets and meteors, analyzes meteor streams and fireballs, and explores the speculative question that life might have arrived on Earth via meteoric material. Illustrations, charts, and observatory photographs support a blend of accessible exposition and technical commentary.

Illustrations

	facing page
PROFESSOR E. E. BARNARD	Frontispiece
DAYLIGHT COMET 1910 A	8
THE COMET-SEEKER ON THE ROOF OF THE YERKES OBSERVATORY, AT WILLIAMS BAY, WISCONSIN	18
COMET OF DONATI	42
PHOTOGRAPH OF MOREHOUSE COMET, 1908 C	68
JOHN TEBBUTT, NOTED COMET-HUNTER OF WINDSOR, N. S. W.	70
THE GREAT DAYLIGHT COMET, SEPTEMBER, 1882	80
PHOTOGRAPH OF A BRIGHT METEOR, BY DR. W. J. S. LOCKYER	84
COMET 1893 IV BROOKS	92
HALLEY’S COMET AND THE PLANET VENUS	94
HALLEY’S COMET	110
COMET 1861, JULY 2, AS SEEN AND DRAWN BY R. A. PROCTOR	118
HALLEY’S COMET	124
THE ORBIT OF HALLEY’S COMET	126
THE SOUTHERN COMET OF JANUARY, 1887	144
OUTH LODGE, KEITHICK, WHERE THE STRATHMORE METEORITE FELL THROUGH THE ROOF, DECEMBER 3, 1917	200
STRATHMORE METEORITE, ESSENDY FRAGMENT	202