Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-01-29
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METEOR.

A large and splendid meteor wss seen IN this
city about eleven o'clock on. Tuesday night. r.
emitteda great light through all the streets.
According to the fancies OF different Observers.
it exhibited different aspects and degrees OF
light. One person represents its light in room,
to be as bright as that oftwclve candless Some.
persons ofviyd ln,sginstons even Compared its
light to the brightness OF the day Il exploded
with rumbling sort OF noise. Many who dnl
not see It. mistcokit for thunder ard lightning:
Its track sod elevationare differently represen.
'ed.-some say i was not higher above the
sanh than me hghcss house-- others thar il
new at least loo yards above the caeth--->itx
elevation was probably much grestefs These
me,eors are common phenonena IN certsn,
states at the atmosphere. In all nvobabiity ttxs
warm weather we have experienced for several
days has principally contributed to It's formation:
The alarm which IL produced in some minds
ior the moment, WAS ~ unfoundcd as the w.sc
ides OF Others, that the Comet now visible IN
the Heavens has been the principal cause Of tho
tate speii OF warm weather. Both these pl.e-.
nomena are ~ the natural order Of esenss--ror
connected with the moral dspensation OF things.
Neiuier Comets mar Metcors are the consc
quences OF the moral condition of man----nor
mc S'gns OF wars, iestilcnee, or famine. These.
nspo,neses might suit The supcrsttious ages
.! ~ ''o' now Nahu IN need OF any Sc
nous REPUTATION. - Rfchfnoad Compiler.
$50 i---~ !.
1nS Co.uET----'rhe following observa.
IONS. copied from the Boston Daily Advertiser
OF Ihursd y last are said to be from Prof..s.or
fasrar, Ut Cambridge Universty:--- ,
On account Of the cloudy weather there have
only been lew opportunities Of observing the.
Comet onthe morning Of the 4th Inst. i was
seen IN the constellation Hercules, about midi,
way between the stars beta and &c "a. distant
from Arcturus SO deg 50 min. 1t has not hren :
IN Sefpantarus, as stated IN several of the nc
counts gwen IN the newspapers, It's apparent
course has been rom the lett to the right arm of
hercalS The following distances were kakcn
with sextant, between five and half psst five
O'Clock tins morning. namelys from ArcturNs "a
deg. 40 nlin., from Benetnash 45 deg, IL min
and from Gamma 10 deg. min, from which i
appears. that the place OF the Comet, at ,h,z
time, will be found tn be in heclination % der.
% min, or in the troplc Of Cancer, and right
ascension 2ao degrees nearly. II rises li,tlc.
after two o'clock IN the morning, and sets a it,
tie after sundown- Its apparent course being
westerly, it will be visible for longer tine.
each day before IL is lost in twilight. Il is ahone
~ Conspicuous As the Comet of 1919, OF Encke's
and it sends out FAM luminous tram. tnat NAV
DC traced in clear atmosphere through an ara
OF or 7 degrees
Every new phenomenon in the heavens re.
minds US OF our entire want Of the necessary Up :
paratus tor a proper course vt observations -
There IS scarcely corner in Europe unproyititd
with n building and instruments, and pcrsous
SET apart Tor purposes vt this k,nd. No less
than $50 observatorics, most Of which are cost
" and we'll furnished, attest the inn crest that 10
fels for astronomy in that quarter Of the globe,
whist not one IS to be found throughout thu
whole American continent.
Cambridge, January 2. 1924.