The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1858-08-26

number Of mets-pyr in the earl, part Of Aur,st
and that the display ordinarily. eliminates on
the night Of the 10th. Amer that nigh, very
few pertaining to this particular cas,. appear
and none after the 9th.
Discovery II il now 90 years since my frs,
description OF this interesting anniversary. and
q years since first discovered it Ginning, as
! do, to have been the frs, American observer
who determined the law OF their movement, For
q consecutive pcriods the return has been wit
messed, and, on all occaso,s with three excep.
,ions, caused by clondy weather. the return has
been carefully noted and recorded and the Raft.
a,a Point definitely determined
In the years -3j and &c. believe the same
was observed hy Strive and Ifaunhoier. Ii Ger
many bat this was unknown To me until had
witnessed the display of ls3T-'s o. Professor
Merrich, Of Yale College, was. | learn, coeval
with me IN the observation Of the mcieors Of
ls3s
RqG,am POM II was soon perceptiblc, on
witnessing few mete0rs, August jlhto sth ,ls5s,
that they all had some CO. mon traits and that
they described paths which, when traced back
Indicated common origin
This was very mperfeetly recognized in 1897,
] watched very closely on the nights of the 9Th
and 10th following and fully established the
place Of divergence to be near the sword-cluster,
over the head Of Pcrscus. They came not from
n common point, hut frov that ncighbofhood
Several hundred were counted during the night
OF the 9th not MI in that quarter of the heav-
ems, but til cir path pointing back towards il
Every subsequent return ha7 n, affirmed the Same
radiant locality and shown the same character Of
meteors.
Description Of he Hsfeors. The most obvious
character % he ineleors ia the lcnpih and color
of the trains they are 81 phosphorc rent
white color, remaining moment impressed on
the sky, after they pass The nucleus is often in
distinct the path only being seen at other times
the hoad appear rs large as Nonus. and the train
has The same width and rests along the whole
length Of the course '.ll the nucleus goes ont
The impression malc on any mprncticed ohsor
yer. would be that the body OF the meteor had
penetrated the atmosphere. and that friction
stripped is surface until 1t exhausted the mass
amt el' Il along the path till disipaied in the air
he velocity someiimes Is very great and If
others very slow, depending | presume. upon the
direction in which thoy were seen. ,hnsc scrn
near ili' Radiant in pcr.eus travel 50 near the
observer rs to give a 'ardy angular velocity
these seen passing g1o rom the Radiani having
a startling velocity
NHdco,' tos ls3- Ca tie night "a the 3ra
inst. travelling 10 the stage saw scyoral meteor,
which recognized as pertaining to The q splay
Tom feseus.f Bni ! WAS not able to tra'e
ihom back On the night of tine .Ith. ~ ilcnAer.
son | witnessed four meicors in half an hour
obsert tlpn whose paths coalum-l a. The IA
dani in Peseas. Tins proving DE return 81 tie
expected visitor
For several eyor.arr eloa,, in.eriercd viii oa.
'erya'ion. But 'he night Of tbs l0,i at Mar
shall. Harrison co.. was very clear and tha
me'eors showed themselves from 90 carly hour
Nv engagements pi.t .nttd sla4c observation iii