The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-11-14
THE METEORs.

No Display Last Notwithstanding CaIcuia-
tions-Thc shower Expected This Evening.
Frightened at the immense number Of gentlemen
stationed 1t the various observatores the meteors did
not as tho barrsters say, conclude put in ap-
pearance last evening" thus forsting celestial bail and
generally upsetting rial prophets prophecies
That the promised fireworks will really this
ing may be regarded problcmatlcai though, should
they not, what Is 10 become OF tho theory Of
their thirythree thirty three and half thirty
four years Of pcriodicity Is somewhat qres-
orable. The following calculation from foreign jour
nal, while postponng the promised shower until this
evening November IA furnishes otherwise consldera-
bio data which may be regarded reliable, In relation
to the subject:-
THE STAR sHowgE voa 1867
The star shower has Continued to increase gradually
since the year 1888, when Q considerable shower OF
failing stars was noccd at Woverhampton, on the i5th
apd Dr. Schmidt az Atucns, announced their appear
aHc0 on the l4th OF November. In the years 1864
aud 1885 the returned In such growing mum
bors tnat the latter about two thou
sand meteors must have been visible .. Green
wich, aud almost great number counted la
America. In the great shower OF last year about
eght thousand metc0rs counted at Greenwich and
" least equal multitude OF irebas and falling stars
was Visible 1t tho time 10 Europe, ASIA and Ia
Africa, and at the Cape OF Good Hope. While the
gradual and steady increase the shower up 10 the
present time makes the appearances large numoer OF
tho November meteors IN the present extremely
probable they have not yet amounted TO the celebrated
spectacle by Humboldt In South Americs In the
year 1892 and by one observer IN North America In
1881, who describes them falling ABOUT taic<
VINO relates s.shat their numbers often
equAled number OF the liked stars glance"
AZ the time OF the appearance Of Tho November meters
Ia year 1883, Offers showed that they prcced
cd the same GATE In tho previous year by nearly
similar shower the Mauritus, In Asia and the
before the great display in 1883 tho same star so~ or
was seem in equally grand proportions by Humboldt in
Of the obers venursd 70 predict that sitter
another interval Of thirty years the
has elapsed and thai the November meeors last YEAR
turned In the multitude and In the regions
Of the globe which distinguished their appearance in
the 1882 II Is hardly too much TO expect the
circumstances strkingy appear TO indicate that another
shower like that Of The year 1898 will this yesr be
rcqusncy OF the metsO ~as Observed s ,;rssnwch on
night the 18th 10 this l4th Of November last the
six o'clook A. NJ, Greenwich time. thursday morn.
ing the l4h proxim0, the earth will occupy the place
where eucoun.orsd the nrst portions q Tho me,sorc
few minutes before sunr NJ GresDwicn, IL will
tho medal lins and ~ about nine O'Clock A. ~. ~hen
the is tairiy risen In Britain, supposnt that the
OF the meteoric stream kceps it, appointed place.
the earths passage across tue current will be complete
turn ~ " rune,ua vii cease oDservss,ouS on the
morning before aud the morning af the expected
date and Intervals during the night OF the 18th the
18th ul,imo, irasmuch rs tue time Of the phenomenon
cannot be absolutely liked are. on account OF
siderable degree Of uncertainty, safe precauton The
one respect dsadv aniags BY lis hight viii yet BY the
effect OF dispeing floating clouds, be favorable 70
Owing 10 The approaching Daylight the star shower
vi b only partially visible 10 Britain or the cou-
nent Westward from the British Isles, the Atlantic
Ocean. Canada and In the Unnod States Of America,
where during The whole time that Corresponds 70 the
duration Of the shower last year. darkness will prevail
the clscum ances favorable for observations
Ao~iss ono hour earlier for every 0ftssu degrees Of
west ongitsds from Gresnwicn, the local times when
the shower win DO at Its height a. list Of places
~ ~aAtn ornnA fx0 lie
stated - follows
nna OF nA1nrg 4 = 'ovrmsa u, 1851 = y
Rsikiavik, Iceland % 90 Quebec and Boston q IS
Azores Atlantic oceans 20 Montreal and NYcrk. 2 IS
Halifax and Bsrmudss.3 10 Torouto and Charieson2 10
ON the east and coast OF Mexico tho shower will
be at midnight and its visibility Will continue 70
diminish towards point few degrees of longitude
wat California whore the erths contact with the
mctsors will terminate and the vide surface OF the
North Pacific ocean viii not experience tho illumination
Should the star shower this year be as magnificent
and In the same degree confined 10 the comment OF
America as formerly, then since the metcors Of the
year 1872 were partially seen at Hull In England, and
thoss OF the year 1888 noticed in womar in Ger
many partial OF the shower at daybreak
sa,ned n Britain Even 90 The continent, where tho
circumstances are favorable for observation
tokens Of tho star shower may possibly DO seen
From tho meteorological perturbstions which have
generally accompanied these showsr and from the fact
that suoh perturbaous have occurred usually pre-
code them viz Hurricanes, that Of 81 Thomas q,
tait may be inferred that the earth Ia already near
the metsoric none.
The following the observations OF last evening AZ
the Central Park observatory and oisewhere:--
Al the Observatory Ia Central PARK several enthusiastic
ooksrsoa present between the hours OF ten aud
twelve O'clock midnight but nothing occurred beyond
the temporary assurance of sx eteors Of
and Color which careered the horizon
and then di@ppesred AZ tho Observatory Of Columbia
tolcgs Fosy ninth street The phenomena were
seem bus the falling stars seemed only "a 10 the
cosrseys Of s'bettsr things TO come"