New-York daily tribune., 1861-07-06
THE CONE L.

Lieut.. Gilles Superintendent Of the United States
Naval Observatory at Washington, made an observa-
ton Of toe comet the evening of the "a mst''
and publishes the results. He says the comet was rst
noticed at the Observatory at lO o'clock on the even
ing of June 90 when it was regarded as an aurond
BEAM On the % lust. it's nucleus near the small
,ar Urse Msjoris tho tail spreading to distance OF
500 70 $50. The determination Of the comets place IL
as follows:
M Ti~s Wa,A Rh 60, Del, pesl ,u
July 2, lob. Som. 1885 sh. 4jm 39ls' oSD ~ li:o
The somrarison star lie supposed to be AEG. Y. 1874.
Hourly n olon IN K. A. l66 seconds 10 uuo.
Hourly motion in Decl. go seconds IN arc
tn, following account If his cometship, from Prof
G.. p. Pond, Director Of the Observatory at Gam
bridge. will be- Of interest:
"The magnificent comet which bias suddenly como
In view has taken astronomer with tue rest OF me
world entirely by sarPl-e ll Is not ,hs ta
comet Of l2Ol aud i"0ol vi MI! V'nei ""V7o ' ~
teen anticipated xIIa
"rhe train extends an arc OF one bnndrrd ana
,ix de.uses IU6) iron the head Of Urea MAJOR " u
point ten eIress beyond Alrha Orhiuel be,ide ll'
Iono narrow ray prue ted almost in astraigb neirom
The nucleus mas of difueo IL ht rweeps family To-
ward The Stars in the tail Of Ursa MAJOR Ills If in'
,erec,ed by two or three faint straight rays not as
cernible 70 the naked eye. ..,
srbe vicinity Of the nucleus resembles ~ IT'S aspect
through the telescope, tie famous comet OF 1912 'no"
ine three or four misty envelopes.
3, Dnwjngs OF the appearance Of the comet 10 the
nsked eve with the neil shboriug starr carefully
sLetch.d in have q scientific value, and should lie
gId TO receive such from any who may he disposed 10
Communicate them. The ds and the time Wien the
drawing WIS made should be BOttd. u. L. fohb'
Ob,eypa. ~ Of HarrIyd Coaoger July , 1901"
The idea is entertained by many that tie weather s
:oo.,. end the unusually cool evenings
which have marked the appearance o. 'Oe p'ese"' o"
apparently render this opinion plausible, but ID dis
credited and it is contended by modern Astronomers
that il is without the slightest foundation either ia
philosophy or fact. Tai' subject wac very thoroughly
investigated BY Arags. lie complied table, in which
he exhibited n one column The temperature At Paris
from I7 TO 1881 aud in another the numter OF oonets
which npueared with their magnitude and appearance
No coincidence is observable between the STATE OF the
weather and the number and appearance OF the comets
during thnt period
DuTing some OF the unusually warm years two
com. Is apppaed aud ia others of similar character
no comets we're visible; and again. m years 10 which
the teuueratnre War lower than usual, comets were
visible aud ~ Others OF timilar character they We're
no, Noticed The year ls2h hen hive come's sappeaIed
was not 4o bot ~ 1881 when only comet vlsl
HE. end on The o.ber haud the coldcsi years do
seeu 10 have been 10 any way affected by the appear
ance of comets. OF n PERIOD OF seventy.iour yeafs,
he found that comets tad appeared IN fory-nine OF
uem and none had been vitible during twenty 1--we.
The mean tenn eratuic OF the former DC degrees,
ana of the latter 507 degrees, the difference being Ices
than degree. During twenty four OF the twenty i've
comet wears two Or more OF them appeared ana IN one
wear Only one. The temperature Of the io'mer
WAS Il degrees and Of the latter ola degrteS. lt
mas slso be on ascerthined that the temperature oE
the wears 1853 aud lsJS when very bIiihaus comets
.ppeared, was not sensibly affected by them.