The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-10-12
The (nlllcf.

We and in the Eclectic Ma9osi,e, cor March, 1855,
article on comets, which tho following
ments:-
very remarkable comet made its appearance in 1884
another 1856. OF told that when
its head just above the eastern horizon the tail
stretched far away westward 10 beyond the mid heavens
Dr. HALEY calculated the orbits Of these two comets
with number 0. others. Fifty years after tho time OF
Dr. HALEY, the elements of the comet OF i2o4
calculated by Mr. Dunthorne, and such resembances
observed between the results aud these which HALEY had
given for the of 1885, 10 lead to suspicion Of
their identity About twenty after this, NJ Pngfe,
by bis calculations strongly confirmed this suspicion and
protected the return Of that great comet in 184S, thus
assigning IL period Of 2e2 years. Between 1e43 and
ls47 Mr. Hind carefully went nil the calculations,
and having recbed some errors he concurred in thinking
that the comets of l26i and 1855 identical. Mr..
BONNIE a Mddeburg, repeated the calculations regard
ing the comet ol 1056 making the proper allowance for
The peltulbatons OF Jupiter saturn Uranus and Neptune
and partially for those u the Earth Venus and Mars In
the Inst instance BONNIE used the elements oil Dr Hal
Icy, according to which lie found than this great expected
comet VIII come 10 ts pcriheon in August 1880. Sub
sequeny BONNIE used the elements OF Mr.. Hind. and
reach as yegihclicR tuyt. 1883. NJ Hind, therefore,
thinks that August 1865, will be within either
1864 and 1556 may be looked IN these parts Of
time between 1856 and 1s6o and he is OF opinion
that presen, means Of knowledge do not adn, OF
nearer approximation. Many intelligent mind will
welcsne With delight that mighty 1andefer come back
again and Will in us return ustrous evidence u
the power of God, AMI OF his goodness hs creature
This would seem TO indicate that the present vser In
heavens is old acquaintance come back third
time, amer absence each occasion OF nearly three
hundred years As the number of these eccentric vrs
is great, and their visits seldom, difcu TO re.
cosnise them at once According to Arsgc more than
1900 900 OF them within the orbit OF Uranus and
Mr. Hind suppcses tina, 600 have approached tho
within the orbit Of Mars OF these there trust
worthy records of more than six hundred.
II lisa curious fact perhaps very little known hat the
tail of the comet u is43 actually struck the earth. Tho
article from tho fclsc'ic Magazine says
No sensible effect has been produced any part III,
solar stem by the numerous comets that have swept
through H. The come,ary bodies have been affected by
approach the planets hut neither the planets nor
their satellites have been affected by the noghborhooj OF
comets This Is probably ing so the extreme rarity Of
the ncbulous matter OF which comets composed II Is
centre c the heads Of comets thoui being the slightest
degree ohscured There s therefore, very little matter in
comets ami hence their approach TO the earth docs
produce any sensible effect H. We're they II larger
mass and 70 TO influence the earth any the planets
by coming them the ecCt would be to accelerate
year few dave longer shorter. II y doubtful IL
any seriously disastrous resn would follow the
earth and comet 10 into contact Aud II
probable that the tail of comet uhr great comet
Of ls43) actually swept the earth with wa sensible
or injurious onvct many Of Us can porhsps toll
ASoTnrE COMET.
Iuite's comet now hc with tho naked eye in
the constellation Pegasus THIS group direct range
with line drawn from the two pointers Ia The Upper
and the North Stsr and about far from thai body
AIcturus.