The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-07-23
THE BRILLIANT METEOR.
One Of the Most Remarkable Pheno-
mena Of the Age.
rs GREAT VELOCITY THROUGH the AIR.
Additional Particulars from Our
Amateur Astronomers,
&C., &C., &C.
APPEARANCE OF THE METEOR IN NEW
WORK

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TO raE xprroR OF The HERALD
cornwall Orange county, July Il 1850.
Ind in your paper this morning account of bril-
ssat meteor seen last evening may assist the learned
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insert the follow ing-lhe atmosphere al 'ns paoe "e
remarkably clear the mnutest stars distinctly
Visible At about quarter TO ten, a. was looking TO
,n sor,heas from an omen window eyery object IN tho
.,se Of NV vision became suddenly illuminated as nv a
,..v rrummo,d mr. cleo, rio ybt The coor uas an in
,.,ss ,.,s, uh,,. .os, words,,r, a, 4, for sew a..
..A.I.n 90 ,,. ono.,,. ola. ., tho hoso On, mas ,s
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Nas. NV u.sano. n'T .an , " S W., Gu
~ 49, 80, o., ~ a''aa.ppna6 me rannc
sne onaon, pI'senu .ue apiea y, sno ,h
s. nn , , s aho, is o. "a dareos
sednt snu htRes' soou was aoou' 10 OF 10 uessess
40 I'VE 'he horizon ine pVp. VI usappe uanoe ooi.
I'oh .ns aI I NV. any, .'s ~ ha,,o T,n an,;ra
vas ABOUT % degrees WIN inc horizon Iuc .ntlre
eneth OF ,he uain was ABOUT nne afgrees. ins h
ss.~ern VI" areer ano Sya en- M LUZ, my I
about IL TO 10 minutes OF arc me motion Wa" very
And seemed entirety 20 ease Us Soon as INC ni wa" S
''PA'eu lnto ~. , so anita nc s,r,.r
phenom' non the evening oelSre, a. s"us snJ ,
large umino' oi an nsesn reu aoous
Ten times as large as ,ne ,ui moon, :, @ @ ho
GOALS II lasted about rh mlrute1 ~ was seen ABOUT
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TO The EDITOR OF THE HERALD
KINGSTON Ulster county, N. Y, July 81 1880.
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~"teor passing over your CITY, Inc same or one IKE IT,
passed this place last night about hall past niue
80, ,-nao es, anon =, .n,o,roa NO ono long ma,eor
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MA - .'h' NEARER " iooSeu iNc wv Jas VI n!o
ssry toocnlng FAC o'n' anu naAss vsc s.re's qu
~ milo, no1,i scs, from here Its direction was from
a pyshwest % southeast K j.
TIE VIEW OFF LONG ISLAND.
TO tt" EDroS on THE hskAp'
$500. -. -, :, a.,,.., g, ,.,..r
VIM - so''As' VI 'oo'npo'' ID 'ne sono0neI L.
Lyman, most beautiful meteor observed 10 W.
" direction ar about over Norvalk light Its course
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Nnen mn ." We" u req noi osi ., n,e VI ouIsn
e.s, OF W." o os'n Ill., " n a,n MOI, i s,
CHANGE W 'ns' ulau. sn', Aoous o.. v'
OF HA ,1"'u Nn0n 'Ni',y e''ea s,Sm o' nui
Gus c's 49, usa cn pss.Dss sh A. "ra
seen 'he INST about tao 'nis us length ahes1 OF me
otner AZ hice ircrcase nn,n v
pano VS. "ls'i =, - - $3.50 Si.d 49, 7, S,s
a,s r., ~, the raiye Of old Field Point and the
spieaI.. o 80, =, rod ,yas ohon, min
When overhead Il was 30 light that pm could be
sen sPn III Wv 80 a., s,sh, anb no ,here sas No
IN the whole time Wns ~ slku', anu 40 .e' ~
WIND al me time hlnk u 'nere nu peeu al e.ps i
we"oulu haSe heHu w. " We ''u'u Nea' 'i 70 -
souha very pan" .. - - ~ -
ITS APPEARANCE AT TROY.
ltrom the Troy wing July Il , -
luminous meteor passed over the sounerly part OF
.ky rockets iollowng the other and moved msies
Ear from il, leaving trail of nre behind H. aud lighting
up that quarter OF The heavens through winch PISSED
assert that they never before saw so nne meteor Inc
slc1ness win WINCH !, moved, vs. s,ae anu wos r 70
We expect 10 near 'ull accounts from Tue Swans
IFS MAGNITUDE AND nhouT Al hISHf'
rom ,no 'o,g s,sa,,c,i nbc,anspon xas
observed in this citv II offered from ordinary
meteors IN beng double, a. well a. m its superior
.,,' ne, a, IN Va" yo,I i Ss,nsd Z, ,srss j,.g
abb, ne roofs 4 ne houses and % fall chn ne 6ops
81 re ey Many imagined y 70 De ,ome move, rockst or
, ~ tbcn ab"at coming on 10 ne 1,ncici they per
ceyc1 odor ike that Of burning tar and ono gentle
man We heard .c"rey oommentinS on .ne G,'iuv' y,
ch ms ,fo,s over tbcir roofs
The fact that Il observed simultaneously at such
distant points proves mat me, Aasss a, gr, Seg
a.. I, ,.sT,d ~ ''''' '''T
The description given by those who saw Il in New YORK
cofr'spends Ahosl eha't WIN lts nc'e
W eolise AZ. w., .onuuet s !, sn a1r nea "
u.r only 7aHe e'ns 70 lnaoa,s s apiraanoe ~
ent oals nv ei'er 0oml&ns NV i, vI az
other that was directly over the capitol another thli
was directly over ;. \, ~ M O., I'm ,
IN the tlNet' . s '9a' , o TH n nay Sxy",t
another that u tel IN 1recnoush. lntu 'ne ~ ,ps
pager We're received almost eyery one VA
IVA, - .uan % ". " - .,et -
We learn how Jar apart 'he must us'an' Po'n'S Ao "
vhish u was Nislole. -. - -, -, T., - .,
We may aid that ms y one o' inc 1rlods OF
rhen n'ors may oe 1871 gr III 70; ar I,a,ss ~
aequent about TIE nrst oi august AMI ho In'uuS 20
yrfnber one theory :" IN ,es'u " suus
fact p, that inc pain ~ t' car u AZ 49,
Aregon OF space CONTAINING moving oOuos "piOu 'sNo
Are On coming W CONTACT VII" our AahoSiner"
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ahL MEIEOR AS SEEN ON THE SOUND.
To rug EDITOR OF TIE HERALD.
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The passengers on BOARD oi inc steamer io"s '"P' "
" Cady had yiCw OF meteor, on friday evening last
nj sinrar brfarcv and beauty On her trim froua tho
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o'y !" "ie'nPVif S"B iiAh wv ~ ." "" "Ne fs'
10 7. NJ, when midway IN the Sound, and about six
,ics cast of Nrxars the attention OF the messengers
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~ NWAc'el W NhAi aPpN.'cu =" 0o o''HAN' s'N N
the northwest but few degrees above the horizon and
which Wa approaehipg the steamer N a direct line AZ