The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-19
The Meteor.
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The Meteor.
IN MASSACHUSETTS,.
From the Boston Atlas. NOV; T. lors s,a ..
was also witnessed by thousands OF people In this city and
As vicinity Taking southeast course, large meseor-
sderisS thai made ~ appearance in broad sunlight
darted apparently across the city aoout ~ a. WIN
tho rays Of the sun reflected on n, ~ was On dazzng
Wilderness resembling shape according 10 proSac spec
tators an inverted balloon with tail hundred feet in
length trailing after it, To more imaginative minds 1t was
Nike fiery scimar or the flaming sword that, in the
hands Of The ayengng angel drove our rst parents out
Of Eden Seen the side opposite the SUM- 1t had lu
II would have displayed IL witnessed during the darkness
Of the night II was only visible few seconds but every
who started as though they beheld appar
t0n.
Recurring 10 historical find there ia nothing
extraordinary connected with the appearance of
teors especially at this Of the year. Humboldt
the rst TO call attention 10 the circumstance that
they were periodic, and hitherto they have been most
favoraby witnessed in the Northern States the Union
gious swarm Of them appeared, calculated by Prof Ohm
stead of New Haven, at 240 0O0 varying in size from
%oV1s RS or Lime to globes OF the
that they all appeared TO proceed from the quarter
Of the heavens the vicinity of the star Gamma. in the
II was afterwards computed by Encke that this point
was the very direction In which the earth moving in
her orbit at the time Attention being directed to record
ed appearances Of the kind, IL observed with
surprise that several of the most remarkable had
red on or near the same day in November especially
observers great extent of the earth Again. in
this country In 1884, the November stream Of mete0rs
was observed, and although in some years altogether alb
SENT this phenomenon has required with such regularity
both IN America and In Europe establish its periodic
character The record Of their appearance dates back as
far as 6 before Christ when, according to Ivy,
. shower Of them fell on Allan Mount, not far from
Rome.
Piuarch and Pliny mention meeorc stones of immense
sze by them, and recorded in the Paran chronicle
In the year l4e2 meteor, weighing 200 pounds fell in
Alsaee, where portion Of may yet be seen 1903 an
NJ
IN Normandy, and the celebrated philosopher Blot
deputed by the French TO repair the spot
and collect the authentic facts. He found that within
elhptical area Of miles by three the number of
that had fallen could not be less than two thou
sand Shortly previous TO this meteor fell in Siberia
which is in the Imperial Museum at st. Petersburg
and weighs 5000 pounds.
AS the chemical composition Of meteorc stones the
predomnatng element is iron, combined with a small
proportion Of nickel According to Humboldt those that
fell Croatia, in 1851, contained SO per cent Of iron while
IN some rare instances iron is altogether wanting.
Of meteors estimated by Humboldt vary
500 to $500 feet; others allow diameter Of about
mile Their height ranges from 10 to $50 miles, and
10 their origin various theories have been started For
long time was thought they were masses projected from
the volcanoes Of the moon Men of such vast reputation
Iaplace B and Poisson held that theory To
for the phenomena of meteors must then suppose that
there are detached masses Of chaotic matter revolving
around the SUM- the intersection Of which by the earhs
orbit would account for the periodic swarms Of meteors.
The cause Of their luminous and gnted condition remains
from the New Bedford Standard, Nov. III
About O'Clock yesterday forenoon meteor was seen
over Clarks Cove which had the appearance of being
about fifteen feet long and shaped like marnspike. 1t
descended towards the water with great velocity and dis
appeared without explosion noise. 1t very bright,
and had fallen in the night would have produced most
brilliant light.
correspondent at westport informs that while off
Horseback beach yesterday in boat at fifteen minutes
before ten O'Clock, he bright sunshine "a ball of
fire descend from alo apparently the size Of two fists
from which fire appeared ascend from shooting stars
and an used up before coming in contact with the
water" The same was seen by another man in a boat
a mile and half distant It appeared very TO both
boats. Another similar ball was seen by some gunners in
that vicinity which did not exhaust itself before striking
The water.
NEW JERSEY.
The Philadelphia Ledgcr states that Tuesday, about
half past nine A. M rumbing noise, accompanied by
percepble trembling Of the ground, experienced all
along the line Of the Camden and Atlantic Railroad from
White Horse Station to the beach. The noise heard
for about two minutes and some persons thought re-
sembled a heavy powder explosion. passenger, who
got the train at Absecom stated that he had seen
large red ball which flew across the sky and burst
The meteor appears to have attracted helattenon of
persons parts of the country correspondent
CAMpxN, N. j., Nov. 1s, 1852
Yesterday Tuesday, while on cunning expedition
about four miles southwest Of the White Horse Railroad
station in New jersey in company with several other
gentlemen, about nine O'Clock in the forenoon we were
startled by noise resembling that of running of
thousand locomotive engines, or OF the most terrible
thunderngs the distance, which lasted some two or
minds of the company that at once ceased huntng
our dogs seemed alarmed and all ceased TO hunt the
party felt the earth trembling beneath their feet and
supposed the next moment the earth would open and
swallow them up it was certain Cor thought to be sol
that earthquake had taken place in the vicinity OF the
station aforesaid which seemed to be not more than one
hundred yards distant from u.s. The sun was shining in
perfect Brightness and yet there was visible increase OF
light also strange of air felt that seemed to be
the result of mighty explosion. Upon the whole, it
indeed most singular phenomenon
A gentleman from Cape May says that he and some
Tho Ioyyar n n
Cape May, about 91z A. NJ, when they heard heavy
rumbling sound, which they supposed to be caused by
this they found be Incorrect They went out OF the
barn, and the noise continued accompanied by per
ceptibe shaking OF the EARTH until they nad walked
ceased having lasted from three to five minutes The
sky clear but some persons reported seeing some
thing like cloud appear and burst suddenly at the time
the noise was heard. The rumbing and shaking were
perceived all through that REGION and in some places
caused good deal Of CONSERVATION One lady tainted,
scripton given, the phenomenon must have resembed
the ordinary earthquake, though as it was accompanied
with the singular appearance in the heavens may have
been caused by the fall and explosion Of meteor.
IN MARYLAND.
During the ceremonies the 18th instant of laying the
foundation stone of James College, about twenty miles
from Baltimore singular phenomenon occurred in the
shape meteor darling right across the pathway Of the
SUM- in southeastery direction, and descending almost
perpendcuarly to the earth with immense velocity.
correspondent of the National Inteagencer writes as
Solows:-
side of the avenue very the western angle Of the
closed space the intersection Of street. was startled by
the of what seemed TO TO be meteor Of
usual size and brllancy Walking eastward, but looking
down the avenue the vivdness Of the meteorc light was
SO intense as to attract my vision from that direction to
the line of street, Immediately the central part Of
Senator OWNS mansion The meteor itself was clearly
defined object of light almost dazzling the sun,
and of diameter perhaps fourths of the full moon
as seen in the zenith. Surrounding the nucleus of the
meteor luminous band of apparently twice its own
diameter and extending vertically 10 to 20 degrees; ter
HOY nOti N Of
trains as generally seen, but in clean sharp point In
deed whole train Of light singulary well marked
against the sky without nebua scintations, excepting
that to the norhward, and in almost touching proximity
to the base Of the meteor there was a companion
raw of light, but Of red color, travelling with
H. When my eye first caught sight of this object
its base was about 20 degrees from the horizon
and the direction of its track strictly vertical II
perhaps two seconds view, for had time after seeing
il first grasp my companions arm and point TO it before
II disappeared behind Mr. OWNS house. My friend had
however seen it, and his description of it is that it was
like huge maui Of fire falling from the SKY Ky Tas tune O.,
States, Wednesday morning, also states-A cores