, 1869-05-29

The nnAlyEts has hrcn cxtcn'cl 10 the heaycn,r
botliea. Thu rcaltuR public IL ai7ealy familiar
with the progress madc In determining the coust,-
tuition Of tho solar hoty by means Of tho l.oht tcst
Other experiments have bcen natc, wh,ch have
lct to the conclusion that the stu blue ray rccc,
CD ny the planet SafuEn ls ihcrmomctrtcallf ouI
electrically negative while tho rod ray rejected
ns Mars II positive ~ both thcae respects The
Light received from Uranus ts similar In fts prop.
critics 10 that OF Saturn, but not 70 strongly ncz
tFe aha tue light reflected by Jup!tc. 10 equally
powerful "a that OF Mars In i'll cnlor1c quality but
Nss 80 III m electrical direction. The character
OF Inc light received from the other plauesars
oodles has bccn similarly determined.
IL mas oeon supposed that the changes Ia the
temperature and electrical condition Of the Earth,
which arc not tsaecablc to tho operations Of euh-
!aharY causes, ore due to the variations produced
~ the Intensity OF the solar raya, by the light re-
nected from these bodies. OF course It il not
claimed that they operate otherwise than as ucre-
mehts uf decrencnte, to OF from the forces euit-
leu by tne central luminaEy and 1t Is hut rational
TO admit that thelr raratre power, Itself, Saries
with their relative distances from the Earth ami
sun, and With the changes In the angles under
WHICH the!f Light Il transmitted to our atInos-
pherc,
Win this general statement Of the theory, We
ua5 psocect to see how it applies to the present
the sun has been, for D fer days past, slowly ap-
preaching towards tho north lecuuatou OF p de-
grees IS minutes, # Whch Is occupied by the pl.uet
Craous, 4 lew degrees east Of the summer solstice
Both, therefore, rise and set On the same polnt
Of the compass, anu the rays Of light from both
come 10 us on The same lines from the southeast
etn and southwestern parts Of the horizon The
perfect parallel >" Will be formed on the 5th Of
June. We ste also thn. the planet Satu1n ts about
IL CtSvrEGS If Tho Wfnftr tJcn tt,n
is therefore approaching hts "opposition, :" which
will be reached On the 4th Of June. The rays from
the sun and Saturn, therefore, reach the Earth
nearly Oh the same right line, but come In o1po-
site directions
Here, then, arc the two neeat!rcle-l!sposed
bodies, both acting with the Sun, anil, according 10
tile theory, they should partially neutrallze the
c;lor1flc power VI his rays, In the proportion of
about II degrees Fahrenheit for Saturn, and d.
gTees for Eranua, or total OF u degrees The ten.
pcrature Of The past three days h5 been fully that
mucA below the average OF the season. jupiter
and Mars arc out Of aspect; that Is, their rays 10
not cninclle in direction with those OF the San
The negative Influence" was intensified
during Wednesday, Thursday and F-lay Of this
week by the Moon being on the same circle OF dec
inatlon Us that occupied by Uranus, Saturn and
Mercury.
The sudden heat OF Tuesday las, may perhaps
that day the Moon Was In opposition to the San
lat fully, while Mara was exactly equi-dlstant from
tteu', being " degrees, or right angle from
each
II the theory be correct, thcn, the cool should
continue I'LL the th OF June, but not so cold as for
the past three days; interrupted, however, on the
evening Of the als OF the morning Of the LIST, by
swarm moist spell, y with highly electrical con-
dillon Of the atmosphere. the Moon then being on
the same circle OF ecfInatI0n M Mara anil Jniror
The weather should be ut the worst in the even.
tDg Of the 1st, or the morning Of the 3D. the Moon
then tctu; in aspect With the Sur, Saturn mud
Uranus.