HALLEY'S COMET.
WHEN IT IS NEAR THE EARTH. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright London, May 15. When the comet is near the earth an international commission of aeronautics will send up balloons carrying glass tubes which will open at a given height and admit air, and then close hermeti-j cally. The contents will be analysed. !
Observations taken at Madrid show that the comet's tail is 74 million kilometres (45,981,380 miles) in length, and gives no sign of cyanogen. j
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 391, 17 May 1910, Page 5
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77HALLEY'S COMET. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 391, 17 May 1910, Page 5
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