The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-07-20

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TIE 1YsfxnY o. Cos0n IAiLA--IneN y
nothing in-nntu,e nsose Assssos. 80 -s..
growth 80 SS0ss0A % ~ rams co"yk
when comet 10 6raf discovsfee ~ = sesesccpe
u generally has no tAiI, appearing IKE ss,pt
star seen through = Shssess AZ y me
sum the tail IL deve}Dped, etartqG 3es on tne "oe
next the suD, but being hnmedi4tels turned buck
rs II Il were flame acted %. hys q pcwefini
blast coming from the sun The nsceue or head
Of the comet is mattFr. thepsh lighter tben'tbe
thinnest fog but the tai iseither not matter q
ali orit 10 acted on BY forces which 40 not maD;
ifess themselves on this earth. II the train
we're simply matter, acted on BY gravitation. it
would follow the head in its track around the
sun. conseo,,ently bending, % the head sweeps
around the part of its orbit nearest the sun, in.
70 nearly semicIrcuIsr curve. Instead Of this
the train al.ooys roivts from IT, smn, swinging
around as the stream of liehs from a lantern in
the fog does when the lantern ID turned. Az
the trsins are sometimes of such length that tl,ey
would reach from, the sur, 10 the earth. ana q
the comet when nearest the sun moves through 4
many degrees OF its orbit in few hours, the
end Of the train Is swept Ground with velocity
which forbids the belief of its being possrssed
with the property of inertia. 80 y
Tie velocity. too, with which the tail Is shot 4
forth il irreconc,lable With the idea of lie Icing
subject 10 the Law. OF inertia. The tail Of the
cres. comet Of 1850. Immediately after its peri.
helion massage. VAS found by Newton 10 have
been NO Iess than sixty millions of miles in
lenc,h and 20 h.va. ocsnnied o,.iv tvo davs In
its emission from he comers body.
One Of the most s;nanisr nhenomena of comets
tails i, The vioIent Communion Observed IN Them.
Flames stream toreA from the nueleus in fan.
shaped and various, other and swiftly Chanting
forms toward the ann 81 f;rst hnt hend;no o,sct.
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and then atresm;na svsr millions IF m;ias into
the sky. This NAV, ha OF ine To the intense heat
to which they are eynosed fram their nror;snit,
TO the sun. The great comet Of Isas annroscb.
ed the sun within .abont a seventh mart al the
AIMS radins. Sir John He,scbeI cslculates ,hst i
at this distance the heat Of the ann Womb he
Al oao t;mas .reeter th.n h "a a. The ao,,h fnd
at least 24t times greater than the heat in the |
focus of parker,s preat lens vb;ch meltadlco,.
pelian. agate and rock crystal. sas
Usually. "a the comet moves .vav from the
sun, the train. which it is now rushing partly he.
fore + or,dnally dn,;nshss iii :, d;san,,o.r.
Sometimes however tho ram Il
ohJ;1eroted In flo v;c;nitv of tho s,n ,bo oar,a.
emerging from the snn,s l;ebt v;,hont am tail |
whatever A. other t;nes the tail + tho ionoe,t |
inst after the ner;hel;on M 90 A. Others ssre
. 70 .vo =, ,brao =. ,,oro al. I,.r.h;, az I,Lo
Fan Tbev orc franuentiv ,n,vod ELa Tlor.,;,.
in Isks and erh;h;,ea ar.,st .,;s.r ~ .;O,,,a.
~ - no,or ,.h;.h - e -. 49,
tarv En- tho s,ndsnts &c ostrnnnnv
r. about The same fine R;s.e, ond prof
Pierce eech ;ndeneoden,lv of tho o,hsr ~ ~
the sngces,;or that tho ,r.;,. % .o,na,s ,,aL ~
Perkins fbev arc s;mniy ,;,h, ,bs
,un,s - "a :, ths;rr 80 % tbronab IL Cd
snhstanca nf tho ni,elens ,nsv aenu;re tha 49,
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