Halley's Comet, 1910: Fire in the SkyStories of people and their activities in response to the comet's presence. A slide show of humanity seen through the "magic lantern" of the comet's 1910 apparition. |
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The Terror Occasioned by | 6 |
Halleys Comet Celestial Photography and the Hawaiian Islands | 16 |
Halleys Comet and the Telescope Trade | 23 |
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