THE END OF THE WORLD.
Mr. R. A. Proctor, the eminent astronomer, writes that a very conspicuous comet which was visible in the heavens in 1843 was supposed to be the same as that which visited the earth in 1660, and that many astronomers were convinced it was the same. They had calculated its distance from the sun in 1660, and its distance in 1843, and it was found to have approached in its orbit very much nearer to the sun in 1843 than it was in 1660. Mr. Proctor said the same comet would come again in 1897, and that the next time it came it would be so much nearer to the orbit of the sun, and the sun's attractive force would in all probability prevail over its centrifugal force, and that it would be drawn into the sun with all its meteoric train, the result being that there would be such accession of heat that he thought it was possible the world and all therein should be burnt
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 4012, 10 April 1882, Page 2
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171THE END OF THE WORLD. Taranaki Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 4012, 10 April 1882, Page 2
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