Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1866-11-23

Prof LOOMS OF Yale Colle-e. in ar In
teresting letter 20 the y Y Post. SAYS h.
saw about 1900 u,eteo-s. during last week.
lie think. that The great display may have
occurred i Asa. bot pts do~n the Her
sid's dispatch. fhsi they we're seen Ia Eng
land. a. an error. lie says
- Shootiar stars nav. wiihout rnach IN
p-oprietv. BE- called iiuic comets. EacA
meteor . a small BODY. cencraliv "a eerv
Little density. revolving about the sun In a.
ciriic orbit, ard ccVsrnri by tLe s,nse
lsus a. the larcer plancts Jupiter ana SAT-
arm The avcrage numbcr oi these bodies
Shich encounter THE earth every dav r. ses-
eral uiilions. ard eth there ~ no nerccpti-
De cecreasc from YEAR O. wear. The total
number 81 tbcsl bodies. fhcrcsorc. bcion--
INC % our solar system must o. rcckoned
bs milhors TIE earth. IN u.s. motion
about fhC ssn. -ifh a velocity 81 nineteen
miles per srooni. - oou;inaaiiv encounicr-
rnC NOR or less of these boiics. ana thew
plunge INTO our atmosphere With vriocitics
VARYING from zen 90 f1rfv miles Per sccord
hy ~iich means beat l. developed sufhciert
O. ignitc them. and flcy are cutrcly con-
sumed. generally in a SINGLE second. and %
az elevation % ABOUT 6ity miles shove che
carfh's surisrc. Occrsiorallg &c encounter
bodies Of greater density. ub,ch caunot BE-
80 readily consanacd. and thy reach thc
earth's surtace. sometimes cnfirc anil az
other times on fragmcutary cunlifion
Slmrics ~ such rscicors are % hc found IN
at ihs large genealogical collections ol
this vouutrs ana Earope.
The p-rlollral display Of shootir- starr
in unususi naribers indicates thaf fhey are
rot disfrituted uniformly fhroochouf ths
solar sysiem. bet arr collected in vat nun-
b.rs IN ceriain rreions. ~hiie IN ether rc-
Cions there arr comparatively ie~. Shoot
ing sfars are annually scen in great nam
bcrs on fhc l0Fh of Al-usf AID sinr- cash
meteor - moving in H. orlrit With ---af ~
loriff. uliie every year - bud iar-~ nun-
hcr~ 81 tl~m bear the same point ID IL
cartl's or1it. se Couclu-c that tLrt arr A.
rancrd ln ring CT zone. inferseCfsnr TIE
earth's crtii ~ point Which TIE earth
passes GA the ioth q August.
ia or.ier 90 explain thc rrcurrenre Of A.
una,lal number Of shooting star. year AZ
Ser v~ar. about the ia.h "a Nore-.b~r -
suppose hat ihcre b smother wing az these
minute hoslirs. srelcwhaf inclireI % ths
eclr'fc. Throughout the q ifcrcnt ro-r il-s
90 thls rlr- fac mefcors ar Distributed in
vcrr unequal ulrif-s. hlt thcrr 81 one
f"fAtNN NHfTH vi. number fnlrur.rr - 'r
Ervat, AMI it D. ft.s portion wliri che
earth erccartrrs 90 iaierrais 81 about tLir.
~ -fLrrr Ntlrs-
According fo rror N. a. Neuton. abe
reason that fhis display reforms onlt one
On thirtv-fhrcc wears - To- following F,-h
ulcteor "a The Novcmb-r Group moves IN
an orat vll,h D. neariy circular. with =
mean distau-r from fhe Sun eiihrra lille
les or iiftie greater than fhaf of o. earth.
ant rruod a.lput eleven DAYS icss o-
greater thar one srsr. Tie earth cnroan-
terva thc leascsi portion 90 this group in
N3vrmhcr. iSii t1f thc rent tear ttrs
frcrf-or rlsscl eleven dats before or after
che earth reformed 90 thar point fit. orbit 4.
fbc following var the didcrcrce amounted
a. frrnf 1.-TWO DAYS. 80 iAaf AZ thc end a
about thur y-threr Years d; must gam or lose
one entire revolution. ard return nearly %
tile p1sItion wh~rr n uust encounter BE
carrh. II 90 roceiVe 20 .arconnfs az ~
unusual dispiry az mrtcors tbs week iu auv
psit cfihc World. &c shall look nth coz
.lacrahie coufisuce Cor such . display or
Novcmler Sch. IsG-.