Mechanics', operatives', and laborers' advocate., 1836-11-28

TIE MErEOR..-Professor Olmsted, of Yale Col le5e, has communicated the following account for publication in the New Haven Herald :-
 ANNUAL METEORIC sHOwER-tacts already as ceTtalned leave no doubt of the recurrence of the Meteorc Shower" on the morning of t,te 18th of Novenber. The preceding day had been rainy y,and early the same night the sky was overcast but be- fore midnight the Armament became cloudlcss, and st. IS shone with unwoned brilliancy.
 About half past three o'clock, observing that the meteors began to appear !:l unasual numbers, d- rected my attention towards the eastern part of the heavens, whence they mostly proceeded, and close ly watched the stars from the Great Bear on the north to Canis Major on the south embracing ill my field of view about one third of the Armament.
 It was soon discovered that nearly all the nleteors shot In directions which, on being traced back, met In one and the same point near the LIon's Eye. For quarter of an hour, from half past three o'clock counted tw>ht 1.-two meteors, of which all but three emanated from tha above radiant point in Leo. Ten left luminous trains; twelve were without trains |; and the three that did not conform to the general d- rectlon moved perceptlbly slower than the others. The greatest part shot off to the right and left of the radiant majority tending south, towards the heart Of Hydra The next fifteen minutes afforded but seven meteors, and the number gradually declined until daylight.
 The exact position of the radiant was near small star, forming the apex of triangle with the two bright stars in face of Leo. It's right ascension was l45 deg Its place was therefore very nearly the same as in 1854, differing only half degree in right ascension and all the phenomena very much resem- bles those observed that year, except that they con- tinue for shorter period.
 Although shooting stars occur at various seasons ot the year, yet these meteoric showers whether they occur on larger or smaller scale are mark ed by several striking pecuartes :-( (l) The mete ors are much more frequent than usual, and sornc- times are eXcet dingly numerous. (2 A larger pro- portion than common leave luminous trans (}) They mostly seem to radate from common centre and for several years past the radiant has been in nearly the same part of the heavens. namely in the constellation of LeO It is also exceedingly remark able that the shower is not only repeated on the same day of the year, but arrives at its maximum every where, and at every recurrence at nearly the same hour of the mornng-from 3 to o'clock
 By letter originally communicated to the writer of this artcle from Samuel Dunster, Esq, agent of the Franklin Iron-works at Springvae, Me-, it ap- pears that the display was considerably more splen- did st that place than here. The whole number of meteors counted from 3 o'clock to Is minutes past G. was two hundred and fty-three. An aurora arch which appeared in the north between the hours of4 and }, followed by aurora streamers, enhanced the interest of the meteoric exhibition. As was observ- ed here, the meteors emanated from common radi- ant situated in the constellation of Leo.
 This notice has been delayed in the hope of be- ing able to add some particulars respecting the suc- ceeding nights but these have proved unfavotable for observation with the exception of the night ofthe 18th, when the heavens were attentively observed from half past two to half past four o'clock Only six meteors were noticed, of which only two left trains. These proceeded from common point near the western hinder paw of the Great Bear, position at least fifteen degees north of the radiant observed ~On the l:}th 0.
 Yale College, Nov. 16