shooting-stars

The misfortune that had befallen his telescope was a never-ending theme of complaint; and just now, when Gallia was entering the narrow zone of shooting-stars, and new discoveries might have been within his reach, his loss made him more inconsolable than ever.

Off on a Comet 2003

The cause of these shooting-stars is sometimes the motion which ignites the exhalation.

Meteorology 2002

But if the whole length of the exhalation is scattered in small parts and in many directions and in breadth and depth alike, we get what are called shooting-stars.

Meteorology 2002

Having determined these principles let us explain the cause of the appearance in the sky of burning flames and of shooting-stars, and of ‘torches’, and ‘goats’, as some people call them.

Meteorology 2002

Hence the motion of ‘shooting-stars’ is generally oblique.

Meteorology 2002

We have now explained the phenomena that occur in that part of the terrestrial world which is continuous with the motions of the heavens, namely, shooting-stars and the burning flame, comets and the milky way, these being the chief affections that appear in that region.

Meteorology 2002

The “shooting-stars” animation, a variation of popular screen-savers familiar to many computer users, was the winner of this contest.

MARKETING AESTHETICS BERND SCHMITT 1997

The “shooting-stars” animation, a variation of popular screen-savers familiar to many computer users, was the winner of this contest.

MARKETING AESTHETICS BERND SCHMITT 1997

The “shooting-stars” animation, a variation of popular screen-savers familiar to many computer users, was the winner of this contest.

MARKETING AESTHETICS BERND SCHMITT 1997

At such times, from time immemorial, "shooting-stars", comets, and the movements of the heavenly bodies have been observed with profoundest interest as presaging good or evil.

The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson Edward A. Moore