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245 14 a| The heavens on fire :b| the great Leonid meteor storms /c| Mark Littmann.;

246 30 a| Great Leonid meteor storms;

246 30 a| Leonid meteor storms;

260 a| Cambridge, UK ;a| New York :b| Cambridge University Press,c| 1998.;

300 a| x, 349 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 26 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-342) and index.;

505 00 g| ch. 1.t| Night the stars fell --g| ch. 2.t| Sifting --g| ch. 3.t| Struggling to understand meteors --g| ch. 4.t| November meteors in history --g| ch. 5.t| Critics attack --g| ch. 6.t| Discovery of the August meteors --g| ch. 7.t| 1866: the first predicted return --g| ch. 8.t| Meteor-comet connection --g| ch. 9.t| Meters for meteors --g| ch. 10.t| coming fire shower: 1899 --g| ch. 11.t| World's safest fireworks display: 1932 --g| ch. 12.t| New horizons in meteor science --g| ch. 13.t| Surprise: 1966 --g| ch. 14.t| Killer comets and dis-asteroids --g| ch. 15.t| Catch a falling star --g| ch. 16.t| Prospects for 1998, 1999, and 2000 --g| ch. 17.t| Journey of a meteoroid.;

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The heavens on fire : the great Leonid meteor storms / Mark Littmann.

Author/creator	Littmann, Mark, 1939-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Description	x, 349 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Subjects	Meteors--November. Comets.

Portion of title	Great Leonid meteor storms
Portion of title	Leonid meteor storms
Contents	ch. 1. Night the stars fell -- ch. 2. Sifting -- ch. 3. Struggling to understand meteors -- ch. 4. November meteors in history -- ch. 5. Critics attack -- ch. 6. Discovery of the August meteors -- ch. 7. 1866: the first predicted return -- ch. 8. Meteor-comet connection -- ch. 9. Meters for meteors -- ch. 10. coming fire shower: 1899 -- ch. 11. World's safest fireworks display: 1932 -- ch. 12. New horizons in meteor science -- ch. 13. Surprise: 1966 -- ch. 14. Killer comets and dis-asteroids -- ch. 15. Catch a falling star -- ch. 16. Prospects for 1998, 1999, and 2000 -- ch. 17. Journey of a meteoroid.
Local note	Little-320768--305131020924U
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-342) and index.
LCCN	99161352
ISBN	0521624053

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