Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-09-23

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"i ulicrcnt writer's gather several Darticulr in r
IN h ~ "iS subject, wnic; 90 re;ra According
heL - !,Ifaaon (r''n the Greek proposition para and
-, ir sun IS meteor in f1m o q Yrrv hrunl irLt an.
n@ IN on" side OF the 1hev usually arcn:n;tnv tc
=" ih!!"us cifcis aud glcei in the cir
"it'Cc and IT the same height Their color. r..rf.
- u!e rainbow; the cd and yellow are On the sid. to-
n's 'Hc sun, and The blue and violet on the ,ther 60
'''ef "ise:Ns, that when these rheuunenn are mo-
"" sUn Is sUrrounc! By one Or mare cnoc nj ric cir
' c"ronr, whc. exhibit the cuI1rs r The rajr-b1w nnd
oet''hcs arcs Of circles and even entire circles aprnr
h me GoroEn lhes4 phenomena have been described
~ ARISTOTLE Piinr, Schriner, Dascl!;rs ard man. diners
~ "oid appear tha. try ln.r, more couon in nnir
t'i'n elsewhere, and in other regions they must be
nsc h ~ rare occurrence The generality Of these s!s
nave been displayed in winter The i.vo 1n,., rsra-
t'c one NJ Danzc, in February 1861 as r-
ncr, in 1870. - N''o''0'' =! ''c"e'-
- W c phenomenal under consideration no very sasfaco.
'anal"n has been givcn Il is perhaps most pr,,b..
~ ~ 'Ty are u"c 10 relracIiah, whether through iquids
or cy PARTICLES Hygcns supposed them 20 r nroI,,r.d ,.,,
=! G feiect"ti ami partly By the rc!acton the suns
lay iai!n@ On an infinite nan'er small cylinders Of rr
'eftcay In the atmosphere and having certain
ueefnhac position, relative TIE ard the -
ANA w. hlaroite also for raraelu from en- nfr
~ OF little PARTICLES OF floating in The air ,at ruI,
VIC iiaEc4 W ihe sun by rcfic"n or reflection; and by
ScoerGa calculus he has determined the precise figure Of
'ese ite clcir their situation in the air and the size of
ho o",oha or circles which accompany the parael and
Inc colots wil=rewith they are painrd
faaseena, or images Of the moon are also observed nm
aeI similar circumstances The beautiful appearance
W 1 's Nind "hs seen by Hcvctius, Danfzr in lG60-
H''.ctu tIe moon was surrounded by white
ce ~ when tAerc were cDurcd parsrnfc y3oo. IN
cacn Other Another circle oi light was afterwards formed
; osr me OF me circumference touching the horizon and
coHed arches appeared on the summit 0i The cir.
C'eS oapt Parry several times observed this phenomenon
o"rhe MS lo!a voyages. AT time he observed The
moon 10 Dc surrounded with halo which three iunlin.
'ns iaraSrlenn were formed and the following nigh, The
same appearance was observed with The addition O: sDss
81 Whl'e isht, which gave ii resemblance Ia cross Sir
humphrey Davy accounts for the truth Of the old bserra
'h lat halo around the prolnOs ra;rs had wrathcr
9y Inc circumstance o its owing lis origin cey Ia The un
i"e quantity %! moisture in the Heavens And lr same in
erence perhaps holds goo" The weather fuuwirr the
tcent phenonenon In his rcltua would remark in
CONCLUSION. a corOnT haoes supposed by Frauni-
ct ana Sr joan Leslie 10 Ee owing, the retracOa
III" 10 lie dHscion oght in pass.aa BY small waery ulp.
'ul"s suspended in the atmosphere Ii piece Of I'M lu
,uEcred with the point u! needle be held close to The cyr
Ne sun VIII appear through it, surrounded with halo vcry
'ta HIS DIX, bu! Spreading more pcu2oron The hole
contracted Surprising i.t aql."us go5uIc OF equal
w0ul! fnilcc an equal .eclr, the namni-
ude .! the ssobuc might s be inferred from :lc dlcer
u lic llalo When the approaches the unn-
us body tie largest .iobucs ,ning and Therefore the
atmosphere Is surcargcd with humidity hence the business
Il The REMARK that dense halo, close the moon portcnds
ain. J. II. q.