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Word: bobrovnikoff (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Poisonous Tail. From a study of photographs taken of Halley's comet at its last appearance in 1910, Dr. N. T. Bobrovnikoff, Perkins Observatory, Ohio Wesleyan, found that the comet really had two tails. One, narrow and brilliant, consisted of carbon monoxide gas, would have killed all life on earth if it had approached too closely. The other tail was curved, consisted of meteoric dust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Astronomers | 9/15/1930 | See Source »

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