Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-11-05

comets of the oIdsn and Modern Times.

/ Comets ere flo stnew tkinGs utt2et e
suh.' 4 learned writer in the Bosto
| Traveller has devoted Considerable spac
to their history. The facts stared We col
dense. @ s0 E
| The first comet fhehtioiied in history o
great magnitude, appeared about the tim,
| of the birth of M,thrid dates, aud was visi
BILE seventy days. It's btiiliancy is com2a,
ca 20 that Of the Sun, ard its tail covered
fourth part 6f ths heavens. The Chimes
mention this comet. The Chinese, 17s be
f6fe otir era, ais5 mention comet with a
nucleus Of reddish tif1ge, and tail between
30 and so degrees long, that appeared 70
30 days. }-
! in the year of 2S9 of our era, a comet o
the brilliancy of Venus appeared, and is saic
to have inspired the greatest terror. The
head appeared te be composed of several
small stars. and the tail was q sword
| shaps.
A comet appeared in 5s2 of an ex,raor.
dinary appearance. 1t is described az
''surrounded by thick darkness, and situated
on kind of opening; it shone in the midst
of the darkness The tail was of great
magnitude, and resembIed the smoke of a
distant confiagration.
In 6I5 comet was seen in China OF a
dusky color, the upper extremity of the tail
having kind Of vibratory motion. 1t was
upwards of sixty degrees long. In s9l a
great comet was seen in Europe and Asia.
with tail one hundred degrees long. The
comet was one of extraordinary magnitude
and brilliancy. The comet of 1864 was
also of remarkable size and brightness. The
tail was upwards of one hundred degrees in
length, curved in form of sabre In the
spring of l402 one of the finest comets on
record appeared. 1t was SO bright as to be
visible at noon-day, and produced great ter
ror among the ignorant. -.-.as st.
The most celebrated come. of the 18th
century appeared in 1872. It came very
near our globe on the 2lst of January, being
less than three and half millions miles dis
tant. 1t was visible in full daylight, and its
tail stretched across the heavens. The
comet of 1877 was of BLUSH color with a
white yapor ten degrees in length. 1t was
the firIt whose distance from the ear III was
ascertained. In 1913 Kepler discovered a
ceuset, which exhibited corruscations in its
TALBOT upwards Of one hundred degrees long.
The comet of 1862 almost equalled the moon
in size, and was of pale livid color. Tire
comet of 1880 sas az object Of universal
attraction, the nucleus confused mass Of
Ii ght. and the train extending over vast arc
of the sky. It was obserfet IN all parts Of
the. uorld, and at lis perhelon passage al
most grazed the SUMS surface, moving with
a velocity of $50 900 miles an hour
FAb, 5o.,,a& II
of 1he eighteenth century. Il equalled Ve-
nus in brilliancy, and at one time exhibited
six tails, emaHuting from the head and form
ing rays like fan. Tn 1869 remarkable
comet was seen, with tail curved towards
itsEextreniity, and one hundred degrees long.
The comet of 1907 had well defined plan
etary. disk of circular form, with a tail
niiea milliniis of miles in length. The COM
ct Of 1911 may be regarded as the most ia
NOUS OF modern times. II was visible
year and u half; nearly twice es tcng es the
fougest duration of any other comet. In
the autumn OF 1877 ii was conspicuous all
night. It's tail extended over ar arc oftwen-
tY-6ve degrees, and was six degrees broad.
In October the train exceeded one hundred
millions of miles. The nebulosity was up
wards of one million of miles in diameter
Astrofon:efs calcafated ite re-appearance in
about three Thousand years. N
A fine comet appeared suddenly in 1919.
IT exhibited phases similar to the moon, and
Arago ascertaihed that it shone by reflected
light. In 1925 comet was visible for near
ly an entire year. The tail IN October was
6fteen degrees long and divided into two
branches: The nucleus was composed of
three bright points. Period of revolution
estimated at hot lcss than four thotssand
yeats. In Febraary, ls43. comet made
its appearance in full daylight, near the sun.
It presented a splendid appearance during
the first week in Mnreh Throughout the
Southern Hemisphere. Il approached with
in $4,000 miles Of the suns surface, The
nucleus was extremely bright, tail thirty -tive
degrees, as seen at Brazil, of brilliant sill
YET color, bit with d STEAK of bright gol-
den hue running directly into the head. 1t
moved in pefhelion, with velocity of mil.
lion and one quarter miles per hour, and des-
cribed, in little more than two hotfss one
half its angular motion around the sun.
The Donati comet of 1858 presented an
sccnearance that will class it among the CO.
lossal ones OF former times.