Meteoric astronomy: A treatise on shooting-stars, fire-balls, and aerolites

"Meteoric Astronomy: A Treatise on Shooting-Stars, Fire-Balls, and Aerolites" by Daniel Kirkwood is a late 1800s science book unfolding the mysteries of cosmic debris. It begins by contrasting old ideas about comets and meteors with new understandings of shooting stars as sun-orbiting space rocks and highlights the importance of watching regular meteor showers. The book is designed so that the early parts cover meteor showers in detail, while later sections will discuss the science of meteors themselves with the goal of making complicated astronomy easier to understand for everyone.