| Title: | Meteor |
| Original Title: | Météore |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 10 (1765), p. 444 |
| Author: | Denis Diderot (biography) |
| Translator: | Krystyna Piechura [University of Toronto] |
| Subject terms: |
Physics
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| Citation (MLA): | Diderot, Denis. "Meteor." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Krystyna Piechura. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2004. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0000.324>. Trans. of "Météore," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 10. Paris, 1765. |
| Citation (Chicago): | Diderot, Denis. "Meteor." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Krystyna Piechura. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0000.324 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Météore," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 10:444 (Paris, 1765). |
Meteor, a body or an appearance of a body that shows for a time in the atmosphere and that is formed from substances that float there.
They are of three types: 1. igneous "meteors," consist of sulphurous matter that catches fire; such are lightning, thunders, wills-o'-the-wisp, falling stars, and other (bodies) that appear in the air. See Thunder, Will-o'-the-wisp, etc.
2. Aerial "meteors" that are made of exhalations. See Exhalation.
3. Aqueous "meteors" that consist of vapors, or of aqueous particles; such as clouds, rainbows, hail, snow, rain, dew, and similar other (bodies). See Cloud, Rainbow, Hail, Rain, etc. Chambers .