Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-03-24
THE COMET.

Or rather its luminous lail, has been visible in
clear evenings the past week. 1t is IN the South
Wcs ro'' iing he feet of Orion, aud pointing IN
the direction of Sirius. We give an interesting
article on Comets, on the first page and here make
suggestion Us 10 the probability that the earth
"l ever be disturbed seriously by comet
Ho'U coua a conclusion operate to any serious in
jury? II in any why, il is most probable lha, II
would he, il we may express II, Ivy throwing
lie earth of her centre, piling the waters upon
the dry land, aud producing dry land where nov
the oceans roll. In other words this would he a
second de'nge such as no Christian, we think, eau
believe will ever again occur to the earth. The
covenant ui the Almighty with Noah inrbids the
fear Of such an event. Sand | will establish my
covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be Gu
off ANY more by the wa'ers Of flood neither
shall there any more be flood To destroy III,
ear"
OBSERVATIONS AT PROVIDENCE, r. |
a wrer N The Providence journal says, iher,
seems no reason ~ duulI iia dis beam of Iigh
is the iuiI at Cuniet. We have sand that il war
unlocked Tor. since The commencement OF III,
christian era, five or six hundred different comets
VI ~ '"S' ''hN''R appearances VI tbUblb nave
been noticed. Or this number The orbits ofabou
l4D have been computed. The orbits are neurl,
all OF IiatHhnlc form, that Is, thU path Ot III,
c"rBti does not return into ltSrlt " l'n il h.,
lett our :, stem, II leaves I" rrIu'n mure unless
= course ehuuld he disturbed hy the attraction o
sour h,n'ruly body mud liz nlLt changed.
Three Cumrls un'y ure known 10 revnive IN ri
liz Srs, aud Ia return NJ regular intervals. The,
ARE the iulluNius:
l. lila vs. ~hirh has u period Of about n
years. II passed lis perlheIinn or nearest approach
to The sun, on tue i0h al NV. 1885. Ii wiIl no
again r-tniu nj! the year l9ll
Enckr'S, wrh has period Of l.2 year,
o. mre cXurlly l2U7 days. THIS was last seer
the spring of le12. Its next return will be in lh
summer 1T l-45
B. Blea's, which had Il reriod of about 6 3
years, "r more eNucty 34Gl days. irs Inst relurl
was ~ | 81. The uexl viii he in iS46
The present Comet is Remarkable Tor the iene
Of us hmnJuS train Tie only conspicuous com
1t wuhim ,!ie last century, or since The great com
ct of I744. WAS that OF 1911, the tail of which
was % degrees in length. IL has been observe,
that those comets which approach very near Il
the san have their malter greatly diilusrd thu
producing long iuiS. On ms principle The pres
enl comet mny lie supposed 10 he near The sun.
The following is given hy Arag0 AS the leuglll
Of the tabs at some of the Jst reniui kable com
els which are upon record;
Comet OF 1911, length 230.
OF 1852 length Ge0 curved like TURK
ISL sabre
Comet OF 1850, length 900.
I" OF 1863, len nh so
Thus The comets Of 1850 and 1869 might be
the horizon setting whilst portion OF their TAI
would he in the zenith Expressed in miles III
length OF The former Of these would be more thu
G0O0O000 miles
The Comet-.A correspondent Of the N. !
Journal Of Commerce says; "On Tuesday e.,
ning first discovered The nucleus | first saw
with II telescope, 1t is large, hut not much dens,
ihnn The iniL saw it last evening, and watcle
the seing of The nucleus. II was visible irol
len mlnules before 7 O'Clock until twenty mlnut,
past z, when it passed behind Il cloud near II
horizon"