Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-08-15
Motions Of the s.a,s.

We published sometime ago the discovery
Mads oy Or. Aug9ins, by means OF the
.spocuOscope, that the star Sirius was reced-
uE from tho earth At the rats Of about ~
miles per sscOnd. In order that he Mi1ht rx :
sna hls method tO other stars, the royal
ooclSty Of London placed at his disposal
s,,esoope ~, VI ID inches aperture. together with
~ ~ t9o spectr0sc0pic appliances required for
IN nss Ssl'cts "a.x w9sk: Inc apparatus has been
t.;s. as L0nao" Spsctotor, DR.. Huggins has al
xlned the must wonderful news from the
stars with It's aid. He finds that many of
Sle me stars are travelling far more swiftly than
nay oeen supposed. Arcturus, for example.
r. evening toward US 1T the rate OF ~ miles
Por second; and ~ his til wa IT. motion Is fully
~ great for tho stars distance has been esti-
sa) mAtoa }, the actual velocity with which he Is
spoodlnK through space cannot be less than 10
mies ... Per second. Others stars are moving
WIN WIN corresponding velocities. But amid the
trssa roaons thus detected DR.. Huggins has
- uaced the signs Of law. First, he can ira -,
tne tendency Ut the stars In one part OF the
Iosvehs s.a. u approach the earth. while the
sslO, sAts ~ the OppIste part Of the ayeus are
.oooding from us: anu the stars which are ap
ir,oacning liz On that side Of tie heavens
tb"t s,S ~ which herschei, long since, taught US
slst the SUN Is travelling. But there are star,
w.. W. o3sying this simple law; aud among them
49,. nugginS recognizes instances Of that
Scumnnity OF motion tO which modern stl :
Se,s. VI the stars has gwen the name uf star
Saaat Mill. IL happens, indeed, that one of the
s .oot remarkable OF these Instances relates q
suo nve we'll known stars. which had been
Npsttlcularly ~ pointed to rs forming . drifting
~ ~ nsd been asserted, more than two
ysers ago. that certain i've stars OF the PiUw.
s,.O W Onatless Wain-the stars known to the
ssascY1omers sna Yers rs Beta. Gamma, Delta, Epsilon,
Hua ;I.u Aeta of the Great Bear-ar- drifting bod.
through space. The announcement seem.
~ very caring, yet Its author (trusting in the
st1onatioai analysis OF the evidence) ex-
Ytosseo unquestiOn confidence He asserted.
tss Sover, that Whenever DR.. Huggins applied
sae new method Of research, he would find
sas.dn nncse hve stars all all approaching or re-
Msng rpm tlls earth, and at the "a ne rats,
Isselt he's justl6ed his copfidence as
tsrv ., y rs Us Theory Is 10 DR.; Hueeinss mas
so,y. VI tne new method. Those five stars are
.Sead rssa TO be receding from the earth at the
s.,ss VI aDost ~ miles per second This re-
~ n ~ ones llustEatea the interesting nature
=. ~.a VI HuggtnDA -Ak1lveries, and afford,
Eoui"e OF discoveries even more interesting,
.ae0ries hitherto accepted respecting the
~ ist.salAaOn VI tho stuAar universe have been
Ell sga'nst ths views recently prOpOuuded
~ s'. RESULT decidedly In favor vi the latter.
Sss.a ss matter will not rest l,sre, aud probably
s .e.ors many years have passed there viii Ge
.s,s',a s,a,sed ~ the Ar;dspths variety Of con-
sssr,i;Sa so1 and complexity Ut arrangement
sorna.ngiy c0ntrasted with the general UNI
in.. .y VI structure recORnlzrd In the teach
present accepted.