A primary astronomy .. . Northern Lights? A reddish, unsteady light, that is sometimes seen inthe North. 829. Is the cause of this Light known ? It is not; but it is generally supposed to be producedoy electricity, occultation of a star. 830. What is meant by the Occulta-tion of a Star? It is when the Moon passes be-tween the Earth and a star, andfor a time hides it from view. [The cut represents the New Moon just about tooccult the star on the left.] 831. What are Shooting Stars?Meteors that shoot from the sky downward toward the Earth, like stars falling from their spheres. 832. How are they
A primary astronomy .. . Northern Lights? A reddish, unsteady light, that is sometimes seen inthe North. 829. Is the cause of this Light known ? It is not; but it is generally supposed to be producedoy electricity, occultation of a star. 830. What is meant by the Occulta-tion of a Star? It is when the Moon passes be-tween the Earth and a star, andfor a time hides it from view. [The cut represents the New Moon just about tooccult the star on the left.] 831. What are Shooting Stars?Meteors that shoot from the sky downward toward the Earth, like stars falling from their spheres. 832. How are they generally seen ? One at a time, and only in the night. 833. Do they ever fall in great numbers? They do. From two oclock in the morning till day-light, on the 13th of November, 1833, the whole heav-ens were filled with fiery particles, and streaks of lightdarting downward from the sky. 834. Is it knoivn what these Meteors are ?It is not. 835. Where are they supposed to come from ?From the regions beyond our 168 PRIMARY ASTRONOMY. A METEORIC SHOWER.
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