StNicholas [serial] . THE DOUBLE by Verne Morton, Groton, N. Y. an early apple-tree of the variety locally knownas sour bough. Perhaps you may find THE GARLAND-SELLERS IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 752 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS [June, COMETS Comets (the name comet is derived from aGreek word meaning hair) are heavenly bodieswholly different from all others known, and, insome points, are enveloped in mysteries that sci-ence has yet to penetrate. It has been affirmed that the heavenly space isas full of comets as the sea is of fishes. Onlythe brightest of t
StNicholas [serial] . THE DOUBLE by Verne Morton, Groton, N. Y. an early apple-tree of the variety locally knownas sour bough. Perhaps you may find THE GARLAND-SELLERS IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 752 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS [June, COMETS Comets (the name comet is derived from aGreek word meaning hair) are heavenly bodieswholly different from all others known, and, insome points, are enveloped in mysteries that sci-ence has yet to penetrate. It has been affirmed that the heavenly space isas full of comets as the sea is of fishes. Onlythe brightest of these, however, are visible with-out the use of a good telescope. These easilyvisible ones differ little from one another in gen-eral appearance and consist of three parts—thenucleus, the coma, and the tail. The nucleus isthe bright, starlike tip; the coma appears as abit of luminous vapor surrounding the nucleus;while the tail trails away from the coma, always
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