New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-24
THAT ME- TEOR.

The Washington States aud Union has the follow
reg in reference to the meteor which was seen the other
day in the vicinity Of this city, and which was
quenched in and hes at the bottom Of the Hudson
River, near Fort Washington Point:
"The same meteor, apparently which was mem
toned by our correspondent yesterday as having been
seen by him a distance Of several miles norheast OF
the city, was witnessed above New-York City at abous
the same time as well IN Alexandria and IN the
city. In NewYork, with the rays OF the snn reDecs-
ing upon IT, il was Of dazzling wilderness, resembling
in shape according 10 prosaic spectators an inverted
balloon, with tail hundred feet in length trailing
after il.
This corresponds with the statement made b. ne
yesterday.
be saw it in the Fret Ward. lie says: ..
Pbe vyidnes Of, the sssorc light was intense a. % n
dssey ever the central part Gwns mansion The
meteor itself clearly dehned object OF light almost
"a @ ,ns a. SEEN IN the zenith Surrounding the sasss Of
the luminous band Of sppsreniiy twice rs e~
Terminating however not In the e1paPdng form q Essses
i has sS, va. nsa.ry web NAKED ssa he Ey
without neOus .cinlislion. that e the
WINS companion ray hight bat Of red Color travelling with
1.-THE students Of the Alexandria High-schooi give
the following description Of IL:
1.-the sun al the shining brightly, notwithstanding
the extreme il l. d.scrses Appearing IN the east ..
gle Of shout foyhve degrees above the horsen aud saIs
Appearance rescinbled moving base foremost
with an entire length Of degrees the edges being Of
slyery luster, and the center red a..
1.-The same description Of il is given by all who wit
messed t. while the different moments OF observation do
not vary thirty minutes. In NewYork il was observed
at $3.50 a. M, and in Washington, $40 a. m.jast the
difference in time between the two cities.
"Theee meteoric phenomena have been witnessed
at different periods during centuries past In 1855 and
1894 they were witnessed in the United States
"As 10 the chemical composition Of meteorie stones,
the predominatng element il iron, combined with
small proportion Of nickel. According TO Hanbodt,
those that fell in Croatia in H5i, contained 20 per
cent Of ron while in instances iron alto
gether wanting.
From the hight and apparent diameter, The actual
diameter of ia estimated by Humboldt 70 vary
from 500 20 $3.50 feet; others allow a diameter Of
about NILE Their hight ranges from 10 70 10 msler
and their velocity varies from Is to 80 miles IN sec
ond As TO their origin various theories have been
started. For long time il was thought they were
mssses projected from the volcanoes OF the moon. Men
OF such vast reputation Lapiaee Blot and Blossom,
held that theory calculating that; setting aside the re-
distance Of air an initial velocity Of 5000 feet in
second would bring them TO the earth with velocity
of IS coo feet.
{" By these statements il would appear that II the
observer saw the object due south in Newfork City,
the Washington observer must have the meteor
in direction very nearly east by north. With such
dafa the point between New-York and Washington
may be nearly fixed. Further information viii doab-
ess settle the question :,
Our correspondent who wrote rs yesterday senas
another communication, stating that all nis oossl-
vations coincide with the others, excepting 'na4 W
Distinctly heard The report Of tie meteor