Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-09-29
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our citizens have lately been etated wiih the sight
o, star which Was sensihiS yish'- at noon day. An
event 5" singular and coaid fail of
lhs NE attention of crowds who assembled in various
places, To gaze on The ethereal stranger. Aud
those who would not deicr to look q tie
"ttht, were now irrcsisiihy led 10 exert all their
ocular powers to behold one in the sunshine QBcs-
mons arise rs TO the cause Of this phenonenOn. Some
oeitefe u TO be comet. Others Consider il as
aW'ul precursor OF events Caianiious TO maGknd.-
Those who had read little astronomy aud under
Stood tn use OF 2nanacs resoTiei TO them aud by
the help o! these convenient guides, discovered
as they had suspected, that tie object of so much
wonder aad CURIOSITY was no other than The panrI
Venus The pOssessars uf the Ladies' GemIieinens
Dla yhad more ample means OF obtaining infoTHatiun
For they had oly 10 TOOK far the month of September
and obseT'e ny The meridian passages Of the planets
which OF them was al similar distance westward Of
Inc san, to The one they had seen. They would Hnh
eat on the 10Th OF this month Venus passed the mari
dIah al d minutes past in the morning, nearly
hours before The sun The SUMS deciina;on OH this
uay DEC. ana so mia. N.-the dcclnatioE Of Nrnus
.i the same iime was ~ deg aud IL min. " which
shsHs ihe planet 10 be about IL; degrees the
hoitb Than the sun these, independent OF o:her
circumstances determine Venus To he the real object Of
inquiry five compare also the rising Of the planet
that OF tile sun on the 10th. found in the aauac
we hnd the time OF tile planets rising 2h. lem. aud
ibe une OF The suns rising at 5h. ISM the difference
hours ana 81 minutes, is the time have before
ehnse for observing in the The beautiful star of
the morning Tho is the respIenden object that
during the evenings al the last winter aud spring
adorned The western part Of the heavens with bril-
liam. light
Under the head Of Celestial Phenomena, the Lady's
anu Gentlemens Diary, mentions The inferior conjuc
on o VEINS aud ihe Sau IL have taken place on The
3ph OF July ard pat her greatest gallon wesward
OF the Snn Will take place the of October next
on asnu; ~ days from TIE present time The angular
Instance from The luinaTy Of day viii he nearly The
same Tor abont weeks but The time which her light
rs at maximum, when Sue exhibits the greatest
luminous surface is past this time was probable i'm
ibe HISi week Of The present month. At that
observed by good telescope, sh would have appeared
less than half uiDinaied. and eYen now the luminous
rart OF ker surface which is the Garth is not
quite cqusl TO SemcireIe Yet il nearly resembles
and will so continue for AT lest three weeks the moon
nj The iasi quarter. In the Autumn uf 1912 Venus was
visible from about in The morning until in the AFTER
noon, ana was then an evening star. And in 3
years we have recurrence of this interesting Phcnom
euon, which vas rather subject pleasure than of
surprise TO the ancient shepherds 81 Greece Egyat and
Cbaldea. For these rude of EaluTe we're heller
"quainied will The objects of Astronomy, than the
eti%ehs oil Ne" York MERcAfoR.
ars ~ Portugal, went up In a balloon from Prado
OF Opoto III honor of the accession 0f the King OF
Portugal. This had all the effect a new discovery
inasinuch as an sRTnnauic exhibition had never been
attempted IN that city before e TOOK tar direction
Oi the sea, tom which OpOTto is but GnaTter OF
league distant and 10 about an hour lie iau.ed safely
al FefreTc about leagues fiotn OpOTio. This expeTt
inent was the more remarkable by the courage which
Mr. R"eriscnS niece dis played who obtained leave
go up IN balloon, attached by cord the principal
one. when she had risen TO certain height she
concealed in her handkerchief. When Mr.. Robertson
perceived that she wanted release her balloon he
quickly seized thu attaching cord and drew the balloon
IN which she was, UptO his own.-fweBiy five thou~
sand persons were assembled in Tue Prado witness
TINS experiment London P0y6T.