The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-07-04

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been seen, even by the Washington Observatory.
THE NUMBER or COMETS
atoge.ner oscoveled IRON 'ne 400 T TSa ~
are generally discovered about 1000, 600 600 miles
from the sun. or comets that have been noticed
four between Mercury and Venus, thirty-four
between Venus and the Earth, twenty three be-
tween the Earth ana Mars and SIX between Mars
A PUNcTUAL COMET.
>, haiiey's comet was remarkably punctual one.
He predicted that she would turn up again
in seventy-hve years alter he discovered her.
Great interest was felt In his prediction, and
though ne dled before the time, peasant near
Dresden discovered the comet In precisely the
Tune predlcted by HALEY. There Is every reason
to believe that tins comet had been in me habit OF
seen IN England III 1906 wnen 1t was regarded as
the iorerunner OF the victory OF William OF Nor
mandy. Perhaps the present comet may be re-
garded by the Bourbon democracy as the har Din.
ger OF the triumph woyears from now OF the reso-
lutiOnS OF '9S.
THE PROFESSORS ON THE SITUATION.
Professor swift, who redlscovered THIS comet in
America originally discovered by NJ. Coggia in
Narcotics, says there Is no probability OF the tail
OF the comet enveoping the earth or MOON The
elements o, this come, do not resemble those
OF any comet that has appeared during the
last 1000 years. Its orbit Is no doubt para
bonc, and 1t Is visiting us for the first
Will pc learned OF the physical nature Of comets 10y
the spectroscope than has Deen learned IN 1000
years. Indications last night and Tonight are of
subdivisions OF the Tail. The comet Is large an SO
Is the nucleus, with a disc more planetary than
stellar. should The tail increase in WIDTH a. well
as in length and envelop the earth we should be
insensibie 70 1t, the matter composing It beng so
rare. The rate OF motion Is now thirty miles per
second and directly towards u.s. On the 10Th OF
July 1t Will be nearest the sum- The tail last even
Ing was seven or eight degrees In length, and on
the side nearest the sun IT had bunchy. nebuOus
appearance, ~ though there was a new tail iorm-
ing.
Astronomers differ as well as doctors and there
ID no just reason why they should not. 1t Is
| quite as hard TO make an exact estimate of the
Coggla comet as TO make diagnosis OF case that
nobody can tell whether II Is cerebro spinal menn
gifts or the Scbles wig Holsten question IN the
/ base Of the cereDrum. Professor Lyman,
OF Yale college, declares about the comet
! That after II disappears from the Northern Hem
lsphere 1t Will be visible in the Southern Hemis
phere, Its mouon being nearly directly south from
the Pole Star AS to the tail reaching 1t Is more
| than PROBABLE that We shah not perceive the
| visitor, although, OF course, no one can at the
present time say whether the sweep OF the tail
| VIII touch the earth or not Even II the tail did
touch the earth the touch would likely be so dfuse
as to be scarcely perceptibe. me shooting stars
are associated with comets, and are PROBABLY the
debris OF comets, as was especially illustrated
with Biela's comet and the meeorc shower OF
November 81, 1872. Those showers were simply
portions OF Biela's comet
HOW THEY DO DIFFER.
Professor Newton, oi Yale college,, who can tell
hawk from handsaw as well as any man holds
an opinion with silgat points OF difference from
the other two. AS lar as ne can Judge he says this
comet Is going to travel directly south, away from
the Nor n star. 1t Will grow in brightness Tor some
ten days; after that the nucleus VIII get near
me sun as probably to be Invisible Invisible in tue strong
tween US ana the sun about the 18TH and 2Otn
OF July. At that time the tail, If long enough,
may stretch out across our heavens, though ii
short too dtfuse 1t may not be at all visible. 1t
is Iairy within the possibilities that the earth will
strike through the tan; but the result would be
totally inapprecIabe either In the sight or in any
effect on our weather After passing tue sun the
comet can be seen by persons only In the southern
hemisphere. 1t will be nearest to US about the
2lst Of July. being then "a. 900 miles from US
This motion and these distances are obtained IRON
computations made by Dr.. Tleuen, of Berlin. II
Is possible That the observations which DR.. TIetjeI
was able to use were not sufficient to give an ex
act orbit.
AT THE OBSERVATORY
OF Mr. Rutherford. at present, during that gentle
mans absence in Europe, under che charge OF MI
Chapman, is large and excellent instrument
manufactured and adjusted entirely on the prem
lses. Through 1t the comet was Iully visible al
hal-past nine p. NJ, quite clear and distinct, the
nucleus bright and the tail streaming at length
towards Crsa Minor. AT that time the comet was
passing the bright star marked on constellation
maps as the Nose OF the Great Bear in latitude
GA deg. 80 min., moving IN direction southwest
Shortly after an exasperatng haze overspread tina,
portion OF the sky to the great disappointment o.
the many comet viewers.