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II. THERE are two classes of shooting stars which have J- been sometimes spoken of as unlike, but which are now admitted on all hands' to be of common origin and character, namely, those which come in quantities on certain nights of the year, and give what is called a star shower, and the sporadic meteors, such as we can see on any clear night.
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Relation of Meteorites to Comets 1 . Nature 19, 340–342 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/019340f0
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