Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-11-23
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Meteuric showers.
The Phenomenon of shooting stars !,
familiar 10 every ons. as there but few
nights in the year sl,n enc ~ more can
not tc seen somcwlcrc 10 tie haven-. i
ha. long teen known that twice year a
.rear many II these stars may be seen
sometimes hundred Do aao night. On The 9ti
and 10Th Of Aug. and l2fl and 18th of Nov.
of every year small showers occur. Beside.
tie periodical character of this phenomenon,
it has been noted that. 0n each occasion of q
metcoric display, the u.tr.rs divcrse from
particular consteilauous-th thc August show
Ct. IRON the star b. Canal layardaI. aud tha
November shower from tie star Gamma.
Le0uis, one of The stars forming he sickle
m that constellation. Far.Icr inyos gltiJn
% this phenomenon Las l.i to tte discovery
ui another period If mct,or!c showers hc-
s-le5 the annual one. Ils period consists
70. 33 years, which separate the r,.u5-ea.o
q extraordinary uelearir showers B.
tween the years \. ID. gJ3 aai \ D. ls5a.
.!rtoCn of these great showers are recorded
-eiasatld from oacL other hy intervals Of SO
and 80 yearF- Tho last tW1 occurred H.
N.T,mher, 1893, ana in y Member. l-33
Iti- n1- % little remarkable t.s5 tac cq.ch .t
s.O-e gIlat D ri die showers. rcile Wi..
-- annual N-',iAatl 7- We ava 'i--
-.e.- point ol divergence Iu She .,.,lus -z
-l- same. Iudeod the Yhgu-li. i.-n 4 tLc Jon.
period differs from that ID tile annual
period. only 10 It's numerical character.
What l. tie cause 70. dis Fleuameu.n
alb i.a diversity The ac-.f-ci theory
.-1Ils,s tLat there is ai iun.a.. .il..- lgul-
.t- yt lne--'-7 SH lL-''' ''--- '..- sun
DO -iHi,s lihs c-ose % ,acA ...,i' l.l-.iI-
Al5 "-lch lhiels-ti7 tls l-l-t ta1i1 10
$3.50 places ana lLat '-e tai'A .s-t7
l-----h me inlersee'ln- 'ihts 'h ne '-A
-1l lv-A a At---7'' ""- %"
ne IA anu i5-" oI -H''t-A-
.gI 4AAe.-+s ~ '-'H 'lV '-''' -i1-'71s i.-'
11. '-.. ..,,.'-- 5'-,-'- ~. ~ -'i 'A1
10 '--
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'-- p. 7'i 5s-"- .''1 '' 'eo-7 -,'
t' -.,A IA --.-i -A lAc A'.c3ilt IlhI' --s
90. '- 1''-- ----, -i-'- % '-s- -'Ju "-'7e H.
''-1 '.-l - 5--- '....- ID meets t-o eaisA o"1
oI1- 'I q, --'7. -A'ltn'i.A was Aisl ullec--
'- '' "7 '-i--.l ltlu-h oi me Mcleorlc
YVES -- .--7l', '- tAe l'I'1lo0s swarm
u. IN ~ -i-l- -a---'-'1'. D--" .,h
"- '9-A ol -'o'ti1- -'l' I,'''
I l''''s7y. '-.n''-'' e' Ne"
-1 7'aI7 i'-i 'N --'i7 occasion liA-
&c - - nov, 62i 70 tne number as "as e7t-
- VI -iV'goo ln .Ns -l-oe oI n.A-
us anu Val 'u- III s'@- ll'-h d MOVING
--. .' tAvs i-oIert i,,, liie u el'"1s o' ',e
--'-- ---in.LeI- me '- lll 'I ANY 10,
+l.-5 - ,l,-lI c. "lS .1 'l-' my an 'Il'a!I4
70 Proceed from the same quarter OF the
1' -'lL7' inc 'l-ili-s -eI-'-S' Vi lie star
".N.-.Ll4a, lA klaE El4ELA-44ALI4 tt-Ir anu al
10 80 a. =. a.. a.
',-,,' '..e ''-.
s-o-- H. So -'.' ~ 80
l,,,,..,.-'l l.-' ~. -
verz - -. , ~.
i,-', i-, - - ~ .r., -.,. 1-..,f;.-, =
- ';---I - a.
- = - ..L ~
tia, several of the u.s- remarkable had oe-
-rs5 dn 55c sere 5sx - - f. Torr9 4 -r' ~
esrecialtv hat seen Ly Hglys4llt Al Cumana
in 400 and by other observers over a preat
.v,c,,t If tI, 81 Tho <,,emlfr stream,
was agsin obsqryc5 in the Ini5ed States in
lsgl Ietyrgen fbe I3rh and IAN. tbougb
s.s ,,+cnso Tbo,,L a,tc, ya.-,e and in
.o,,- - ,l-o,,oti7[- -, III. pFeno-
r. "a 5,7--j -, .,',... rc,-I-ritz
- ,--,I i.''s - -. ~ ~ es.siiil5
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ol Tue SD, IeSui' y. NV. I'1 g
I@peI puDii9net III ~ SHo - ~;
oeIe'ico - Io'i' iN'
'1' IS, a'ioii5 W. 1ss3 IA .t.;
5 n1' ". y, ~ 49, -,
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lOi 'II So -
axe Oi tNo can ." mn /" '-s ~
5ItaO4e ~ ~ o-A VI oii -,
ll"' 'ne Ho.o',' y. 'H0 Pc 49, 49,
the meteors elahA'eG 80 aoOHc 'H' sTti--0g "a
The earth was ABOUT --oo ini'es' irlS 5.lS W.
4scertalned from com E.i[ls' Oh vi UNI
9oseryatlons maze IA .. I4'Ses r,1li az
i5m trIgonome'rlc'i ca, ii'''"' i''''i-'O
upon them.
o. Inc lAeteole lS44 - -.
beng attracted TO II by Inc 'JI0o o' si1''-
", .-.-t.
r A1ey iell toward 'he eaTtl ~ s'iAi5i'
lihes' anu IN directions Which, Nl'hlu consul
erSoie INSTANCES We're parallel WIFE e"oI
otner'
D: Ihey en'eleu 'le Earth's atmosphe,It
WIN ave a NelOcl.S 'guai 10 about Tour mile'
Per second or more than 10 times greater
l.lGn Sue inS1iiilull az ,Iio'i'y ol eahnon-oan
IT. -otnn1s IN 10 o-rs|+.5 ','-
- - VI IN DC