New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-03-08
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PfoF. NToBELLs LECTURE 0S ASrEososY Il
Prof stcseirs lecture. delivered 4; hs Brooklyn p.
male Institute 90 Saturday evening wss reported q,
Us IN hM BY Nj OLNEN pTEN the celebrated Pic., |
sreDEic writer We forbcAr publishing the leears 4
the request Of Prof be intends 20 deliver ae sane
course in this City Immediately siter Tire completion q
hts en- gascren, q. Brooklyn.
To do iusa,e 70 the eloquent lecturer. he whels
course should he reported We cannot however ress,
the temp sasion give the Introduction entire %
full Of beauty and eioqgerce.
In looking cut said PROT .; night on the multitude
Of ssrs which M the heavens the eye becomes DEVIL
dered Those besutiisl oros seem % Dc scattered wiz
out regard % any law Or order They sc grouped e
Sether IA elastsrs. apparently without deslsn we %
serve some small twinkus lights scarcely visible 10 ne
eye and and also greater ones Ming Different pons
in the heavens and shedding down upon as more orA
liant and beautiful lustre than belongs 70 then comPer
ions bat a. they rise As they slowly sweep scross The
meridian and sink IN the West may uace them ffvn
night 20 night and irCm month 70 month, and We mo
the beautiful connguTaon we ma Y nossoie 70
notice any change IN them The whole heavens seem
TO be stcreotyped there L IL. hNed-iplmutaolc-ete
nal But upon closer examination. we nnd certain
which when atfentvely watched prove not TO be
always Stcs in their position We mad them movtns
from month to month sud shifting their position amous
those by which they are surrounded Ihese are the
plaR0s ne raHdoing STAYS and We attempt to trace
hack history and tradition 70 the time when certain 81
,hese planets were unknown We are lost-we End u
teriy impossible TO ind date CONS behind some Of
these old planets that on the heavens To the most ds
tsut nations then, Of which w have cay kno~ecse
certain of these bodies well known their periodic
tine had been determined and their relative distances
settled These and planets are associated together
ia a system We ind the sun bedted and eeniered and
around this sun. hAed and fastened 10 ~ mmusole
laws that change vary. we find, ia squsdrons
ranged the starry hosts and the planetsmshy sohts
and ever completing their cycles round the sun"
From the introduction tho Prof passed to the ecusd
Grafton of the laws which govern the movements OF the
planets in their joumeyings through the sky then ex
planned the difference between the natsral and upci
laws exhibited and explained the tabls OF the rsahrs
distances of the old planets, which Mercury Venus
Earth Mars Jupiter End Saturn and gave Interesting
account Of the discovery OF the four Asteroids. Vess
Juno Paas and Ceres and the subsequent discovery Of
/ Uerschel. The display Oi almost sGpeThuman power
and genius manifested Ia the analytical nduenons which
lead 10 the discovery Of these ores Was related by Prot
| N. In most thrilling manner
Passing over many points OF great interest come
to mention his introduction Of Leverrer and bis mssnih
ceut discoveries. and here we are almost tempted 20
sworve original purpose and give this portion
OF the lecture entire, but we must make sketch VI "
suffice He spoke OF the frat entrance OF Leverrer uponl
the notice OF the ASTRONOMERS world youth unknown
TO fame OF his rapid rise OF his mighty workings In the
fields of science and OF his final triumph In bringing out
from tho unfathomable depths of space mighty globe
and revealing 1t 10 the gaze of the astonished world
The lecturers description OF hts own feelings ~nhs
watching for the appearance OF Leverrers psnes~efe
| thrillngly interesting minute ne SAID appeueu VI
days duration and after gszng out through his telescope
upon the vast expsnse OF Heaven TIL seemed ~ though
time had folded his wings. he was told, In reply " ms
anxious inquiry how long he had been there ina:
but one minute had elapsed since he had seated nmsea
at the instrument and when al length the wishedtoI s
was discovered shining az roundly and as busnuy q
Jupiter himself, no entirely carried away by hs
feelings.
At the conclusion OF the lecture The audience wef'
entertained by the exhibition OF sonie hns TELESCOPES
views OF the various planets showing their relative si1es
etc prepared By Prof Mitchell himself The audience
which wa, large and highly respectable appeared to b.
delighted by the exercises OF the evening