The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-08-07
ANOTHER GREAT METEOR.

brilliant Celestial Display in Virginia,
Tennes.ee, North Carolina, Ohio and
P~nnsylvania, ON the I'd OF August.
As sKKS IN KNOXVILLE, rKsNnssEx.
10 The KDrToR TIE HERALD
KNOXVILLE Tenn, August 2, 1850,
20 minutes 10 IL al night.
Al cen minutes past ten O'Clock tonight most bril-
,ant meteor passed this place. 1t from tho
eas. and travelled towards the west. 1t in size
about afty large and brilliant than any sky
rocket have ever The head was much larger
shan Mars its tail looked TO be about three hundred
wards in length and IL threw of the brightest scntila
lions Whsn l first saw its color was a beautiful
Grange which changed to dazzling white and then again
10 a blue. The moon was shining brightly that
rcoud read and had, just few minutes before the ap-
searapce Of the meteor read old soldiers printed Ger
hcaie of discharge from the army, with ease, by the
moonlight alone. Three minutes after the meteor had
vanished long long reveTberating sound heard at
Lssst Of a minpies duration. There Is doubt about
she sound being distinctly heard; near neghbor OF
mine and myself had commenced talking about tho
meteor ana were speaking Of the fact that report had
scc,mIanled IT, when the sound commenced and con.
tnued fully minute. haze read The accounts in tn
Herald OF the brilliant meteor recently at the
Nor a. and think that this ons must have been much
more dazzling than that saw the great meteorlc
twenty odd years ago. but twenty of
that night combined would have made sucl dazzling
' " c. KANE
TO TILE EDITOR HERALD.
EDGE Hill SCHOOL, GUIyEys p OIL
CAROLINE Co., Va, August q 1860.
having lately seen many accounts Of a meteor which
very widely observed in this country few days
since SIT down to write you brief description OF one
whoa have, just moment SINCE seen, and which far
surpassed briancy and popularity Of appearances any
thing ever witnessed. About eleven O'Clock P. NJ,
moan time, was standing in my back yard, giving
directions my servant when suddenly had my atteu
attracted 20 the western portion OF the heavens by
brilliant light When first saw II, IL appeared to start
Eudden.y from the vault of the heavens, at
elevation of about 20 deg and IL apparently of the
ste Of a star Of the first magnitude 1t low, and
moved slowly Tin direction nearly due north) that
Thought il was a candle carried by some one along
walk which about one hundred an dty feet from
my position, and between which and myself interviewed
Aiebce Its motion slow at rst but increased
in speed. and at the same time the size and brancy
Increased until the whole OF the portion Of the
heavens vas brilliantly illuminated The light seemed
70 III may use the cxprcssion) as increased,
the expanding rs were, by greatly increasing
incremepts in short, the light was such as would
have been produced by blaze, which kept shoot
sing higher and higher, and spreading broader and
broader There also seemed TO be coruscatous
shot OIL from the long train, which
acveloped and the light was of color rather
inclined to yellow tint, taough 1t not the
throughout, being winter in the centre. As before
sad the meteor appeared about in the west by south
quarter say 20 degrees above the horizon. Its motion
almost due north, but inclined at anglo OF
- degrees 10 tho horizon There was no noise attending
~,
(ether Office or grove OF rees) before 1t fell 50
that il did reach the earth A. all, IL did so after being
hidden from my sight Ian disposed TO think that 1t
dh not fall however and that IL has not fallen yet Its
course was too nearly horizontal Gin fact, might
bave been exactly so), for II TO fau IN tins
explanation Of the phenomena rs this, viz:-,nat
while Happened 10 be hooking toward that quarter Of
m It's orbital movement flor must 30 remembered
that theee prolecties must move In trajectory,
sthers do, or in comic section as all the hodhs OF the
do fnl thuC dpeor lv
stationary for second uorc, and that its rapid in
crease due to the velocity Of its notion bringing Il.
nearer very rapidly; that its direction changed
until nearly due north and that then IL renamed visible
Mr. some seconds, and finally went OF In a direction
nearly paanei 70 VIZ one N ""'0'i :. | ,n ~ ~
comets, / 9. parabola OF great elongaton,
with us vcrtex toward the observer, VIII explain all th
Appearances Professor Bond sGrmiscd that the great
meteor secr lately did not touch this earth II all tnng
that have Just witnessed certainly did not come
nearer the Garth thar ten degrees and was, be-
Eeve so Ear on from me that il may well have been some
twenty thirty miles above the Garth II WAC, when
il, certainly within oar atmosphere rm the aopear
ance OF the light expect % hear RON toe West nc
counts Of this meteor. saw II only for snort mesay
seconds u Il therefore probable that II WIS not seen
by many IN this latitude am somewhat disposed q
fhiuk that this may DC the same meteor winch mas agsr
Appeared after passing through unknown regions
r ,os near planet aud Il must have bec1
several OF them. Witnessed the splendid display
sfshootlng stars in November, mmy years SINCE bot
though saw many mctCOrs and have frequently socn
large and remarkable ones in high rorhcrn attitudes,
yet never one 60 splendid or 50 peculiar 10 It's ap
pearanco ana movements and disposed 10 think that
this may be The pale wandercr Of the skc as tho
enc whose course WINS investigated by Prof Boni
have vritten in grea, haste, informing you OF this
rhcnoenon, and hoping that you viii PUBLISH the above
IA order that The attention Of Others may be called 10
and VIC may have fcrlher Information.
Very respectfully yOnrs,
SAMUEL SCfiOOiER. " A.,
Principal Edge HUI School.
As sEES ~ NORTH CAROLINA.
EpTog o. IuE HERALD.
Iast evening, about twenty minutes Of ten O'Clock, a
large meteor fully equal in szs 10 the lately in
your city, in skies II in view several
rccopds and passed ,rth by west appeared TO be a
Sew above the mountains It's brancy such that
a surpassed the moon (Which was shining. Respect
kuly &c J. g. LANGDoN.