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THE Perseid shower, though it cannot rival periodical displays such as the November Leonids and Andromedes when at their best, is certainly of equal interest, for it forms a tolerably rich display every year, and continues active during several weeks from a radiant which has a comet-like motion of about I° R.A. per day eastwards. A vast number of observations have been made during the last half-century, but it must be confessed that we have by no means completed our investigation of this remarkable stream. Nor have we gained a thorough knowledge of the numerous and fairly prominent minor showers which contribute to render this epoch the most significant and the most interesting period of the year to the meteoric observer.
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DENNING, W. The August Meteors, 1893. Nature 48, 374–375 (1893). https://doi.org/10.1038/048374a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/048374a0