The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-10-12
Tpt EXPECTED ksTfoRlc SHOWER IN k0vsa8sR-.kTtR-
esTsG SCIENTIFIC sPEcuLATaas.

wAsInsGroS, u. G., Oct Z. 1864.
Professor Ferguson, OF the National Observatory In
this ty Is making arrangements take scientific OBJ
scryions on the expected mcscoc display In November
next The subject Of mecors and shooting stars has en-
gage the attention OF eminent within tho
Csntury greater extent than befors among
then Professors 0nstcd. Twining and Newton have
wri,rn valuable papers in connection with 4.
Thu appearance OF shooting IL quite common but
ia Ia, months August and November Of each year they
are Gen greater number generally about the 10th OF
Augut aud The 18th Of November. The great meecric
shoscr Of 1870 seems 10 have drawn The attention Of
astronomers particularly % this subject and from
Tat Tins the recurrence % the mrcorc showers in
1893 and up 10 the present Day they have been cndeay-
ornl refer tho Ger III phases aud chafaciercs Of
e1aci anniversary OF Us appearance.
Thas far tnc more brilliant Of these meieoric showers
have occurred II intervals OF thyfhree years that Of
1888 peciay distingushsd by the immense num-
her moving mesore 20 b. aeen a. once aud Tor the
ma liable szo aud spcnd0r OF many OF Thorn. Among
The nyfads o. blazing insteors yrpe on that occrsoL
recognized by s0yerl observers by ~ extraordinary sze
and rrlisncy, well a by The length Of nc a train
renamed visible, which was about ten ninnts. The
lums train sssmed 70 follow tho meteor in sorpen-
tine course and finally DISAPPEARED vast nebulous
cloul many times larger than tho moon, and which
continued TO move Onward With velocity greater than
t4c coadS
TIA ,neisorc dizpayS Of l,s9 AID 1889 we're e.asc-
torz by tie fall OF etcoreg which, rsShas toNafds
gbs srfaco o. the earth with loud noise, penetrated
bsneah II several feet Tue psrod.cy Of these starry
ahosrs 4 - d-nnlt.iy rvcriained with regard 10
the daY ~ 10 The year 1aey have occurred TO greater
OF sss degree In the month"; 81 August aud November
from 1888 1880, bat Tho most remarkable Of ttcm
have appeared on Tho i2th u Noyeu4ber o. betNeon
that dr and The i4h.
The neat appearnnrs ~ the metsoric phenomenon
Therefore, IL expected about tho 18th VI next
mouth The observations OF astronomers have demon
srated ts4 the shoot az stars numerous be-
tween mdnig1 and sunrise, and The majority Of them
sgroo IN nxinu Tho radiant poiutthst point IN which
TIE lines described Nv the met In their nght centre
lin the e0nsfdia on fco limiting The area o. radiation
20 The lrede VIC nty OF Reguius tn ths neck 81 tho
Ion Otherg sgn the radiant point 20 the constellation
Orion
Tho theory most generally accepted In accounting FIR
the regular ncnrrcpce ~ rci~oris showers, thai an
unusual aggression 81 these srtcr0ds stiss In the
plano rhch reached 81 the Garth ~ that point ~ ~
orb 4 and though which Tho earth several hours Ia
pass ma altioagh observations have not been Sufficient
" nusfov 10 establish the exact PERIOD VI tho eafths
arrival tbs part 81 ia orbit During The KIT ~
teors 10 Eewmber lsS3 much appfeh.nsl0n man
Tested from The fear that moro ~ IA asteroids
Would INTO collision with the earth bit Hitherto
no disastrous consequences have anTasd from this
grand oslsNs display ana although thcro u
son 10 bstso that event ~ this kind ~ possible,
scientific MN unite IN tie opnyn thai such calamity
n not With tbs bounds OF probability.