Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-09-03

form Of disturbances known to the solar
. pnJsiciSt, and every dtgree of light, from
the appsrt mt Glackne,s In reality only rela.
NV } a. the nuclei, to the intense brillian-
q cyof the faculous ridges.
THEIR EFFECT ON TIE EARIH.
, And Se now know that these appearance, .
are not merely matters for the curious
WITH which, AS they happen at distance of
, above hiehty millions of miles, practical
meh need not concern themselves. In point
"i TACT y Is ny n" m ans impossible that
''' 'ss" "f peace or war, Of financial
CTS 3, "r religious agitation, NAV be close
+ ~ o'nnd up win these phenomena,- If not
Indeed, which is also quite possible,-the
sudden disappe eraucr OF our whole system
after the fashion of other solar systems
which nave thus disappeared. This much,
at least, j. certain, that the vast changes
now going on IN The phsical constitution or
the sun are changes which do most power
fully ah'ct the ecectric condition of our
earth, which have IN former years caused
the most violent disturbances in the yarious
artificial as well as natural eclectric appa.
ratuses OF the world we livein, and which 20
speak of the least Of all its possible effects,
might, just as well az not, happen some day
To throw the eclectrio condition Of every
Geographic cable on our p aunet, under the
sea or above It, into the most dire confusion.
aud send down Telegraphic Companes'
shares to zero In lump, even IL they did
not contrive to telegraph to us, after some
strange inarticulate fashion, that shares in
all public companies, even in that very
limited public company, the human race
are, in physical point of view, of every
| doubtful valve indeed. Let us exnlain
briefly TO what we allude.
| puRxouryov
On September / 1880 sbor,,v ha,o.o
| noon, two astronomers-Nessrs. uodgson
and C.rrington, -ono at Oxford. the other
| 10 London, we're at the same instant scrn.
| RINGING A cluster of sun snots. Ona spdden |
| two iptsnseIv brigbt na,phas % ii.k. ~,
| peared In front of tho clns,er 80 b,;sI,app,
were they that the observers thugh, the
darkenine screeps attached IN ttair ,alas.
copes must have beco,oe frac,ursd Rn, |
this was ,oupd not 20 no ,ha -. TLa
bright suots indicated some nrocess oaino
ON upon the SUMS surlace a nrocess ns
such activity that within Ave minntes tha
suots tray, lied over a snaca Of ,aari,, o. ono
miles Now Mt the Kew Ohsar,a,oyr ,ha.>
are selE-registerino maonatic ,ns,rIn,an,s
which Indicate the nrncess ~ ohsn-a -
which the subtitle Influences of tsrrss,riaJ
magnetism wax and wane Al ono ,in,a ,ha
lin. traced nv the poin,ar wiII ~, n,..L.'I
by scarcely percentibIe nndris,;ors jnd;a
ting the almost OulaSCanf q n nf ha |
terrestrial magnet Ar tano,har Iii -
ed waves along The lin, exhihi, The nnisa
tiops of the magnetic system inenenaad T..
A manner as vet nnin,aIl;oihIa 90 ,h
nhvsicist And Than tbr, Il o ,k;l go |
of disturbance the sbarn Sudden ie,hs n,
the nointer exbibitidg 10 oconrr.noa oc
those mysterious peenomcna termad !. mac.
uetic storms.
Wnen the records OF the Kew Observa-
tory Came To De looked over. IL was found
mat AT tne very instant in which the brill
,iant Spo's OF nght had appeared to Messrs.
houesoh ann oaribgton, the selfregis'er-
'ns ,hs'' uuhehts hau neen sutJected to the
,nird ana most Significant form of distur-
Dance-a magnetic storm began, in fact, as
the llght broke out on the suns surface
but thls was not the only evidence OF the
sympathy with winch the earth responded
10 the solar action. IL was subsequently
found that soon after the spots Of light had
appeared the whole frame OF the earth had
lhtilled under mysterious magnetic in
huence. AT the West Indies, in South
America, in Australia, wherever magnetic
obs, rvati"ns are SYST maIicaily made, the
Observers had the s'ms story TO tell. In
The telegraph stations at Washington and
Philadelphia the signalmen received strong
electric shocks. In Norway telegraphic
machinery was set on fire. The pen of
Bain's telegraph was followed by a fame,
Aud wherever telegraphIc wires were in
action, well-marked indications of distur-
"a"ce presented themselves Even this,
no"e'ei' was nos MI lhe grea. usgueuc
sso'h WIS w.. me-, inio 'posAn'aneous elec,r'e
.niUb 's .ps', passeu oeiore lue disturbed
:, 'n ,,S oi"ina'y sta,e' Ahu thu'
!" app1n,u .uas ~ n.hiy an paris OF tne
y. n's"' ~" "u"o 'no s.orm was YET 'n
p~.os.eos ~ Du,'.s ,nA. u'e"t Waghlnceht
oL'. ,'a,h - ,s 'n.. s'ieanrrs over me
"o" :" w. "'' ,.r au' s"u'uerh neuh-
,a9 H. 80 a. Sn. u,s.u,oeu nseule norA
t ., a. LII LA ,hs leSP'nsse
euu ~ y "ss lis'1y ouiy M 'no masue,io stuIm