Comments on: "Meteoric Displays," coverage of a meteor fly-by in 1860 http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/meteoric-displays-coverag.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 13:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Ernest Valdemar http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/meteoric-displays-coverag.html#comment-1657334 Ernest Valdemar Sat, 16 Feb 2013 02:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213328#comment-1657334 <blockquote>'Rose' was calling 'Master;' 'Caroline' said the moon had fallen and was burning up; 'Nick' said 'the fire ran into my eyes and woke me up; and 'Isaac,' jumping, asleep, from the ground, insisted the world was on fire.</blockquote> Slaves say the darnedest things.

‘Rose’ was calling ‘Master;’ ‘Caroline’ said the moon had fallen and was burning up; ‘Nick’ said ‘the fire ran into my eyes and woke me up; and ‘Isaac,’ jumping, asleep, from the ground, insisted the world was on fire.

Slaves say the darnedest things.

]]> By: OldBrownSquirrel http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/meteoric-displays-coverag.html#comment-1657196 OldBrownSquirrel Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213328#comment-1657196  "...and the rockets' red glare..." - Francis Scott Key, 1812  ”…and the rockets’ red glare…”

- Francis Scott Key, 1812

]]> By: kaplanfx http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/meteoric-displays-coverag.html#comment-1657179 kaplanfx Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213328#comment-1657179 Here you go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rockets Rockets developed it seems, basically as soon as gunpowder invented / discovered.  Rockets as you think of them thought, according to wikipedia, appear to have first been used in the 1780s, so well before this article. Here you go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rockets

Rockets developed it seems, basically as soon as gunpowder invented / discovered.  Rockets as you think of them thought, according to wikipedia, appear to have first been used in the 1780s, so well before this article.

]]> By: Christopher Griffin http://boingboing.net/2013/02/15/meteoric-displays-coverag.html#comment-1657139 Christopher Griffin Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=213328#comment-1657139 Can we get a history on the word "rocket"?  I wasn't aware that was a word/concept used in the 1800s. Can we get a history on the word “rocket”?  I wasn’t aware that was a word/concept used in the 1800s.

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