Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-11-15
For the Providence Journal.
6pofa ON tha Sun.

For the Ifovld0nCo JOURNAL
Spots on the Sun.
For the last eight ten weeks there has been
an unusal number of spots the Sun. Many Of
them have been large. At present three groups
are visible with II tcccope of moderate power.
The first group il just passing of on the Western
limb, and will hardly DO seen after to morrow; the
second has passed about three-quarters Of the way
across the disc while the third which consists Of
one large spot. with many small ones lying about
to the East Of it, has not yet reached the middle
of the disc Each black spot is surrounded by n
we'll defined luminous border. which is yet much
darker than the other portions Of the disc. This
border il called the penumbra.
The solar spots attracted tho attention Of AS
tronomcrs Immediately on the invention of the
telescope by Galileo in 1910. They have continued
to be objects of interest from that time to the
present Their general laws Of motion are well
established. They make their appearance on tho
Eastern limb Of tho Sun. and traverse the disc
sometimes in straight and sometimes in curved
lines, depending on the season Of the year, The
time occupied in passing across the disc is about
fourteen days. In many cases the same spot, or
cluster of spots. modified in form and size, reap
pears the Eastern limb at the expiration Of an
other period of fourteen days. 1t not unfrequcnt-
Ily happens that the Same sDot returns more than
once. The great spot Of 1919, described by Sir
W. Hersche and visible to the naked eye, contin-
ued to return at nearly tho above intervals for six
10 =, ~ ~ q, ro,,r, ,;,,Lt ,;m,s H., IL. ,.o
rare cases. The ordinary period of continuance
for large spots is not more than five six weeks.
-o,.,;n, NJ tho an, ,pnr ;,s own avis Tbn ,;mc
of ro,.,;nn ;y., nv the he.t ob.ervotons i; t,ynn.
a., g. 4. ~. AID ,;ch, h,ur. n.orl,
/, !. = snh;"c, e M l,,ie ;n;.roa, 70 ;,,u;ro
Whit c.n.cd ,hcs,Asnots and vhot affect have ihcy
r. .,,,, ,,,,o. ,h., ,n,n,ro,,r. ~ H., ,ar,L (,
our light and hcnt come from tn" sun it might
nrnJncod vnn, n,,r Innate h, IA. nro,,Ionc, ~
Ithnso sno,s Win, ,Ln.o .a.,,. NJ. ols.r,,,;on
L.. "a, vol mode Known S,veraI ;,rcn;,ns NV.
,o,hs.;. none If ,hcm nerhsns rpt;rrly sotisrn,
tn,,. h.. h"an ,rnnn..J n, Within ,h;s ,n,.c -
Th... az 10 ",J,. IIrrschoi "a ths nnc Which h,s
h."n ,,os, ,onorallv roce;vea ue su,,o.o, tho
smn 80 ". .n',rrrmdsd hv t,.n .,mosnhoras no ou.
az ava ;n,onsnl, humans and honro ,,llrJ =, nhn.
,asnh.ra or srjsra nr lnh, ,ho ;nn,. n,n nn,
n,npp, "u, h,, hoh, ro,s,,;ye wh"n franz any
internal communion The out.r atmosnhere i, brushed
awoy ~. sor ira l;yh, ,ciec,cd from rho inner nnn
which gives rise to the pcnumbra: when both arc
Ihrusbs5 a,vav we sec tina dark hodv or tho SIM
,.nsnth them This hypothe.is, ,h;urh seeming.
Nv comn,ey hns m. n,rr;, of e.nln;nin,, tbr M.
n.,rnnr. hotter linn ,nv other which has hoo,
nronosed
But whatever Doubt mny exist M To the efficiency
of Mi. exnl,n.t;on ,hcrc arc several in,crrstin,,
,;n,s onnna.,oJ vii, ,hcso ,nots VIII r.sn..t y,
SI Irl haI a n M
Ther .rc IN some ra.es ;mmcnselv ,,rrc
uav,r r.,.,,rJ. ,ho nnnenra,co nr am. =; Morch
~ h,,s, d;amn, ~ enc ono ,,,e,,a,h 81, ,h,, ~
,,,., ~ ,hn Sam ,hus ,,;v;ny d;,me,nr nr III oo1
',';oa " S.h,r"i. n;nns sho snnaaranen nr "nn
u, - Ma .;"h 'ns, hn"o '"o
III '"''' &c 400 WY. VIZ. 'I as nav ',s"F'p" ="
sP"ee "a .'''uo h''' vs. ~ a"' v, ""' n'p"
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hne 'rouS "m," '" T, , nn. " n"'i
mus. nav. era. . I'LL" 'ha,,
nam man Nne'e "a! M,'"ou. 'v''o ''t' , ."a"So.
'hey nave IN several cases pee" onse,>eo l"
ohaagG 80 rapidly 'n"' inc oorue'S ol Inc spo.
mus. nave elosca up Nv '"' .n !" more nun
thousand h''ts ""s' II 'nr n"n "'''os-
phere Is elastic IKE our own VI Mnlen 'h're Is
every presumption .hn' Irou'sous h"rri-
cane or tornado must 10 re!n.reu 10 sweep IL
oil clear from an area Oh '',ooo mics III o'"in-
eter!
8. They are periodical that Is 10 say nj inter
walls OF about ten years they appear ih.he greatest
numbers. careisi Observation SHOWS that III
some years they are very lew Ill others they are
very numerous II we peg,h win the year IN
thing tha ANIMAL number for about