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Definition of Bolides
1. bolide [n] - See also: bolide
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bolides
Literary usage of Bolides
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Meteors, Aerolites, and Falling Stars by Thomas Lamb Phipson (1867)
"bolides AND SHOOTING STARS. THE word meteor, which has been so extensively used to
... Simple » bolides, though frequently very brilliant and casting ..."
2. The Atmosphere by Camille Flammarion (1873)
"SHOOTING-STARS—bolides — AEROLITES — STONES FALLING FROM THE SKY. NONE of my
readers will have failed to have been struck with surprise, during the calm of ..."
3. Astronomy in the Old Testament by Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli (1905)
"Comets and bolides. — Fall of meteorites. — Astrology. 26. ROUND about the cosmic
body or system which we have described above, composed of the firmament ..."
4. Recreations in Astronomy: With Directions for Practical Experiments and by Henry White Warren (1895)
"... light visible to the naked eye, and forty times that number capable of revealing
themselves to telescopic vision. Professor Peirce is Fig. 49.—bolides. ..."
5. The Heavens: An Illustrated Handbook of Popular Astronomy by Amédée Guillemin (1867)
"... Points — Position, Form, and Inclination of the Meteoric Rings—Heights,
Velocities, mid Weights of Shooting Stars—Luminous Meteors (bolides ..."
6. Meteoric Astronomy: A Treatise on Shooting-stars, Fire-balls, and Aerolites by Daniel Kirkwood (1867)
"D0 METEORITES, bolides, AND THE MATTER OF ORDINARY SHOOTING-STARS, COEXIST IN
THE SAME RINGS? PROFESSOR CHARLES UPHAM SHEPARD, of Amherst College, ..."
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