The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-07-18

/ Ds. Hsller c4rs d shS soseinsian that she
conizts II AS. 1874. 1907 and i6ss we're a.
appearances 81 oae and he sanse comet He
predicted thai IL reappeafaree uoala be ia
! shs rear lz57 Or l7Ss, and IL aetsaI reap
rearanee "a he heeianine If 1859 established
~ Acf fhas thsy we're regular and permanent
bedies oheyipg tie keneral IAuz q matter.
/ Hairy eoald not expect % sea his prediesioa
Ealfllea: and. aliknueh hs lsrea 70 he ige Of
eighty faar, h died sixteen years before the
cemst rsturued As The time Of is expected
resnrn spPraaehel he matkematician cl4iruss
4 Alenherl and EnIer began 10 compute the
resnr'ling infnences Of the pIanets Saturn and
1apiier. ClAiruf uas the most successful,
shosing thAs S1tzfn would delay the retarn
81 ne coznes bekwean shree and four neuths,
znd JnpifeE ahout sevenseen moaiAs. 80 that
tie coraet w0nla moi eone to is perikeiion
till April "a. iTsa. A revision q kis saapu-
tation naade ths date April / The cones ac-
tually rsached Is pesiheIi1n On Anrch ~
This Is considered one 81 he NOS hrizsAnf
ssinmrhs in he history 81 azironomg. Hal
lsy' eeraet resuEne& 4xAin n 1855. the sfsh
anthensicatsl return vitkin one day n the
tine cairulafsd By Poateeoat4nt and Rosen-
! berser- smother most astonishing approxima-
tion 20 astronomical t<ush.
Thiseo reeedes daring is seventy FIVE
yearz % : dissAace from The saa greater tia n
that Of the plane. Nspsane- Several comets
are sci known 70 have orbits lying wholly
within TIE sphere Of Septane' distance. One
Vas krzs examined IN 1878 By Eneke, and
identised with the comet that had been seen
IN 1896, 1875 ard 1855. It's retnrn has been
Observed ever ziaee a periods Of shirty-shree
yeAzs- Enckc's observations spon itenablsd
him C i1eAtEy il With the oae described hy
NieAalar and Ncssisa ia l7Ss; also WITH the
comet discovered ia 1875 b Mss Herschel,
and the cas q 1895. Encke predicted It's
rsapPear4nee N le22, ard his prediction was
reaIiEea b. rs being discovered On the u q
June ofthas ye4r by Thonas Brislare, and
Ia retzrn rs nosiresd azain n ISIS and ls9s.
TAis e0nei ) celebrated far having revealed.
- many astronomers shink, he existence q
sresiis;iing nea;nn n th<intszpisns:ary spsee-
Hersehel al.SS obs lisses, from this vies a
Eaeks, and attribute the change IN shis
eoass-s notaz - he gr1dzal loss Of rs tail
Besides tie consz cf 1859, a phieh. as ne
have ALREADY stated. tkere have beea Eve an
sksalscased rssurns, skere ART several Others,
u vkich souusshinx Ike rssura mar be szzes.l
81 long intervals 0ne of these P4ssed "a
perihe6on at ab0zf sigks o'eloek on themorn
| ing ofshe esh Of JAY, 1854, and ssaia AZ .
Etsie pAst eight olclosk On tie ,eyeaiag Of the
21zt ef April, 1s5s--a pezioa of ahoas N
years AnoEher appe1rsd n 1853. and again
IN l6sI--a period Of about ID yeAzs. The
rrtnrn Of shss comet .shoald haze been in
lT90 In th.t pear three comets made their
appearance, bat nesfher of them resembied
the one Of IesI- While the periods Of most
n the c1aets examined are eomrzrzflsely
shosf, those Of Others have heen aseersained
70 extend nany thnasahd years The great
ConsE Of 1871 remained visible for upward Of
two months, and Vas considered one Of the
most brilIiAnt Of modern times Afier care
fal investigation N Highlander, noted
French ASTRONOMERS, kxes is PERIOD q rssolz-
ton At 2sss years. The periodic time q the
return ofthe comet Of 1907 was txsd BY Big.
sci a 1916 years
BSela's Comet was discovered February q,
1876 It's orbit was compafed BY Gambart al
Versailles, and clansea s, Altona. and twas
fonnd 70 be identical with the comet of 1906
and 1T72, lis period being about six and three,
quarter years Its retain IN 1876 attracted a
good deal Of attention on account Of is haT-
ing been discovered AZ the Washington Oh
sersatory on January z, Of that rear, that
what had hitherto appeared as . single body
was actually composed Of two distinct and
separate comets
The same discovery was made by several
European observers on the 18Th Of that nonth.
These two parts pursued their way iadepeu-
dently Of each other, and without any influence
on each other that can be detected BY our
measurements Professor J. S. Hubbard has
shown that the second nucleas vas observed
II Cambridge, England, six weeks before ii
~as SHOWN % oe IN existence, the primary
nneAeas beng thea probably iAint and nearly
invisible, as II was subsequently discovered
mat pom nnsae are sn'sset o sudden changes
IN sisAo'ii.y-
rs5es tosnet vas discovered IN ls4s, and
maae y second appearance N 1851 ~ third
N Ssp'smoer' is's-
Doskrf's CoaEr. "A comet was discovered
By Doaaii, Al Florence, June ? 1858. Dur
ing the third week IN August its tad began to
be developed. . series Of nebaloas envelopes
being formed about the nueleas, blending TO-
getheron the side opposite the sun and stream
ing ont is tail. During the 6rss week IN De-
iober the nnelenz vas Is bright As Arcsurus.
near which j, passed, and bore = train Of great
briliiancy more than twenty degrees ia length.
= approached . distance from the san less
than that o. Venus aRd rseeded 70 an meal
e.'anie a's'anee, 80 thai = = n0s knovn
shesner = nas been sen st any Previous ap-
pfo-en q me earsa-