Science Art: Perihelion Parts of Orbits of the August and November Meteor-showers

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Where the meteors come from in August and November, as pictured in A new astronomy for beginners, 1898, as found on archive.org.

Something about this diagram reminds me of hotels from the 1930s and cars from the 1950s. It’s an Art Deco scientific illustration.