, 1870-01-30

Observed; tongues Of Light arc seeu dlrsuR Ast3A
non uoe Mde, OF troca posn aIaus toxaxd eaea
okGtk. nnIn nc hr1cse n estao1lsh. q, saa y =
WAY not ooN1o ttst which n2tur7Mx deNHoS
Nhen nlcfoscopte organic forms sts IN p1pcsas ol
ctIelopnens: Nd again sney arc seaa . leas
ln1o ~ aSa, ~ ing i4ts;ss soq .
cAfolve AId d.GAppcar.
81 Ab<us The al 1863 III. NasuJtn announced
sup aes5lg po.si. sa Ia 1edsi is'o;asIe .saos
pneEe coudl ions. ae whole ium!nons aui9aG ~
ne .nn appeared 70 cons,a! Of atniu lA}er o.
sR1sE about lo00 miles Ia lecSsa and 100 10
bitsd b that tneAc iay scattered urtr the s1o
eeIesal'J In r1esJ val!esJ ot duecuou. ac5oss @
rs1e anpy taa in1efss;ces bes1eea
willow elfn.anenta. This ANNOUNCEMENT i7no.
Ateo At once 70 very rinuto scrutiny Of TIC faoe
lhe ohstrterl All agreed thas tho 10 nlnous sur
tee Ma couIposed o. es'eht particles. not AAs
nnh1 descr1ptlou iound bar Gtae eonasGa1au s3a y:
question: md anolner compared them 70 gravel
uiaaous. The fasu e.s.piisoed nave been 1erf
clearly ses forth BY Nj. HngRln9, OF Loadon- Tea
gIaaues ara Of va1oas Exes, bat taay OF ne Aves-
aud miu- IN brradtb, corresponding 70 about e75
By % mllea. Some ars nearly round. othes1 oFal,
and othcra Sill aIDoes without sJunc.t! OF out-
chiefly trom The alienation Of lines or Erpaps Of
closely axxrezAled UaaaleA AID Of rtg1oos Ii
which tleJ Ie leAa AbupdAnt 1ne pol0A
appeaT through telescope Of 1nsumcaent poEef.
A1. Hu2Qtns sum1 up m5at admirably BY kaJtnx:
'Thc pheL omelA Hould be well Represented Il He
6ensed iDcAneeseent cloudA that they WY sink,
aId KIadua-,y dlBs.pata intn coupat1uVeiy noa-1us
MI oo4 kM. The dark pores T oulo then be rrp'eAen-
ted bJ TIE por1ons Wucrs complete yRpor .zt:on
had taken p!nce' Qe also gives aa Interesting dis
g!am, which u reproduced IL dra RlnR nJ Prof.
Motion, 10 thoH the distr1ou con Of tue bright
- hFSHo M ~ ~ hrr a
from zpou, IN scIe Of the most enarAc.crtsuc
lotns Of theh grouping Thus It seems ea:no-
nsnsa that the iam,noas suItaee Of ne sun i g.
u'es, almost aB Email as We can aee, Eotvttns.4ad.
ing That they can scarcely bo less tnan 700 miles
m,noas a!d nIk lille TIC M aaa he dssts.
motutnRs OF the Ordinary surface, the brilliant
glow Of The faculG, Ard the lIumed luEets Of tae
lple1cor OF lndlsiluA grAoulea dlsu1batsd in "
rioua WAYS, arranged UoTe or less coDpsc.y sHd
at different degrees of Sponefgence IN the laid
Ensilsa aatrunome1, % Who 4 ~ nas doae maen 70 "a "a.
vaLce our knowledge Of the consultation Of the
bup slys tEat be n1s seen ms Kraoutea IN the De-
rurlhts change their aItAl directions, and ot1ers,
vrlole azalnlt tho nucleus II background, grad.
ua'!J 10 melt away. Cnacorn2c sAJa moreover,
tnst tho arannles, OF cIJst2la ~ he ear1 them,
may be tu sa1vtnR Away lisn ctJktals OF soea1
be,L1e jel Of Atea1n, becoming spotted over with
dark polnu before taeJ nnaoy disappear.
-. DtHtAGfIoN OF TuK 6rk 3 F0Rcx.
!
once allnoed, tl., the sun il practically our only
souyce OF earthly power 2ud energy. gives pecu.
liar interest to tne question whether hls brluaucy
or the1u 81 enesRy are undergoing Hny perreptlo
dlntnuuon. That they arc dlH4ltssalrg nc mns.
a1suhe oD general pr1nIples, lnasuoea a. w
Know 10 Nnnt m iEcolce1vAole extent he Is rA11,
aE1rR force In the var!aus forms Of heat RhA and
chemical power, and force once emitted from 4
RcuYce Of such superior energy Is not returned 4
It tARalr, While new creation OF fofce By nsturs
agencies II juAt ~ impossible a. new crtaton o
natter. But whether ALy d!mlnpt1on Of rsftAd1
euerKy IN consequence Of The enormous expeodt
Is mosi nAtnral and Important question. snd te
slA It ncB. Ge ausEered that no 2pprec.able de
creAse hls been detected. Few onaervauonl
available for the purpose have been bequeatnet
Sos y HON ne .os esqea e f2sas5
IN 1861 by the diAtl1gui1ned Astronomer
on<Ts, upon the hrtllaae5 Of Mar, wn.cl
depends. Of cou5te upon rensc:ed sol,
10 p1ove IN 1s9 that tho solar light had not diutn
,sned In the interval 70 any measurable c1lenL Il
has been welI aR,d. thAs, had somo OF The OK
| Greek metapnJt,c,aas once dipped the:moncte
IN The Ei.1us. aEd recorded the date and tenpera
tu1e. 1t xoud have added thousand fold more Z
Cur It oEledCe than ali tneir BpeculAttou1 did. "
can forgive them fer this omSstop, II for no otde
| rtst0u than that theJ Ind no thermometer =
| dip: brt had they ever recorded the average dat
| Ct noEeltpg Of any common plants, ve snou
be able 70 thank them for at least some mAsetiti
| whence We could ottucs valuable geological an
| even Genealogical knowledge. -.
| "Ip le41, after SchwAoe 1ad carried on hts spo
Observations for sixteen years, he discovered tun
their frequency was periodic, aud he ssu mated IN
| length OF tho period n abols tea JeAfh Sabsl
! quent observations have mnst fully corTobo1a:e
tnls important discovery, and the accoDpauyln
tabular view presents summary OF the tesult
ob,aired BY schwaec since the beginning Of h
| bestes o. OBSERVATIONS:
| FREQUENCY or srors os IuK scs.