New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-19

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.ns pe iSe true period OF these meteors and he
found that the perturbation would not be so great o
nea .9os would be a. large as 1t observed so
that ne was the to demonstrate that they dd a'e'
~ Eycrvthing seemed to he done TO show that tne
meeors travelled the track Of the comets But on9
comet had passed q certain place there T1u hs
be shower OF meteors and the predot,on, dance
oora,med then there would be new KIM OF evuooo,,
d hat evidence was given by that very Bleas coss
which frightened people so much IN 1871 Whicn van
S uarscbei in England predicted that when the esrn
ms 10 that part OF her orbit Now 20 i8'l, ,u
TSo% be p01noSy Vas Fsf' 'ie Finland
and America but 1t was stu more gor,ousS the large
mst,cr.. with great number OF minute ones ina,
shower came from the foot of Aadromedl or tng
:, p"b had struck the earth. Then came IN
curious feature. 1t was suggested ina sbang
,' a rononers on the other side Of the earth look
nu for them or the there 1t was said hat u was
6n ~ n Nav 90 The comet was looked out for
the shoulder OF Centaur nebuOus object was seen
ana identified The morning 1t was seen again and
a. had shifted. That was not the end OF the
matter. Astronomers made calculation 10 see u tne
did not they were bchnd-many weeks Dehind 30
It seemed shown that there were sreaks OF heteorS
travelling from the direction OF the coDets course
Taese are few faca that show that mrtrOs are SSoci
aed with comets. More than hundred meteor streams
are encountered by the earth within year III mas
been discovered by Prof Newton that this earth en-
counters about $4,000 900 mcteOrs every ycai We nave
system The meteOrs are following tho course OF tDe
comets In fact, there Is every reason 70 believe at
ing tracks that when we sre the sun III an
eclipse should 800 gathering there as we do see III
the
EVIDENCE THAT MErEoRs ARB EXPELLED FROM THE
LARGER PLANETS.
In this lecture I promised give some account OF
what was expelled those great explosions from the
sun. that the comets were SHOT out OF
the SUM- you might be startled or II asserted hat they
we're also thrown from Jupiter and Saturn. But the
evidence of that is very curious In The irst place. we
know that matter is shot out from the sun Win Vco-
city 80 great as to be carried TAR away
into space That has only been observed few times
but probably very frequent the matter wren WE
daytime n the there aud he earth IL hore'
the so of the earth toward the san WI oc the dni
na,ed side The metroric matter coming trom tho sun
can only strike the Illuminated part. which tue DAY
time. You throw stone at any object u mus
strike the side object ain, at that ia turned
toward you Humboldt mentioned that me largest
number metoorc masses hld fallen IN the day-lne
But then tins scarcely dilticat Tue Larger ar.j-
lies have been examined and their microscopic sFlt
tilrc studied Sorby OF Sheffield has examined ththl'
and says they consist OF u number oil sn''l e'u"'
ules and evidently originally III va
porous state b'forc assuming thcr pfeS ,,
coudt,on Then came a chemical anaiysis oy Prof.
Graham and Chandler Roberts OF Lohuoh iie5
in the iron OF the mceorc mass more hydr9gsh
than iron contains IN natural condition. Proi. era
ham. who good chemist JUDGED 5alu lat ~
his opinion certainly thit neto0F, thlC ILon aa Ia
expelled from of the stars that peOplo spico' ne
pointed that there were star, that con'ilnod
hydrogen IN their atmosphere. Iht1o are SUM-
OF the facts connected with the larger inctcOIlc
masses How shall we account for ,Ar's n. t5orio
streams Of winch 1 have beel speaNlSf ! nay men
toned travelling close To the PAIN Oi jupiter. All
comets of short period have paths Closely appoIohins
those OF some OF the large planets IItI pi.icIl Vo
close 10 Jupiter about seven years .gu' 'ou %
fore the explosive po"cr OF tne sun rs ,h '
them Jupers comet family Sir JJhh Htr5cnel san 'nt
IL very curoIs that they had tnat Relation IL we
put forward tnc tnoory tn', ,ery hn many Of
the theories which have been propOunded some OF the
most important character aud whca nave prOVei 10 oe
true have been the most stirtlns ~ IS ',iu ehat re-
Jupiter. Saturn. aud Urlous go on Their paths tney
draw whicl travel close ID thenl ana cap
lure them. made a calculation ABOUT tue November
meteOrs how close they must 20 ~ tne PAIN Oh
Uranus In order to be captured ana iounl that they
must approach nearly a. close ~ tho heare9t Saete
Only which almost IN contact with thc planet
could be captured. Now II they were shut out when
Uranus was smaller sum- then would b. explained.
whereas We nld great difficulty IN imagining tn!t
tHred bodily BY planet like Uranus Let
us consider thus: II comets are eXpeilei from
motion If 1t could appear that some OF Thorn went
backward. then would have no evidence OF the the
orr have been advancing IT most OF them travel for
ward then should have some evidence 10Y the the-
Dry Now there is this curious fact that all the comets
of short periods the whole OF Juplters comet family,
travel forward. They do travel in all directions
of slope; all have very moderate slope to the latn 81
the asteroids That Is precisely what we notce-that
they travel very much with Jupiter. liking the oal
ance between the two thcOrles-nat OF expulsion anu
that captureIt seems 10 b. III the FAVOR oil Tue more
startling one-that Jdpcr has had the power 10 expei
The comets that coming from intcrstellar space
have some of them taken eight millions OF years To
make their Journey, aud We have no reason TO tnlnk
that visit 10 our solar system They seem
To be floating from to sun. During these lmnonse
pcrlod- OF time and the whole or the solar
:, stem have undergone changes. Donatis comet
Is an illustration Of one Of these long periods The fact
must be remembered that while showers OF meteOrs are
unusual phenomena. meteOrites fan every Gay ana
every hour the day Oar earth Is absolutely growing
by these falls The time actually past when the earth
Is growing yisiby, but yet immense amounts
of matter added to 1t IN rms
way And not only the earth. but the moon and mer
curry and may all the planets are growing under
this meteoric downfall. How we protected from
this downfall with OO0)O00D OF them every day Inc
rate al which they very much rapid than
that of a bullet. IL there no protection
we should certainly be destroyed. That protection Ia
the atmospler When meteor encounters the atnos-
horc ia velocity first reduced and then 1t IL con
sned through heat which Is generated and falls IN
the shape of "A vaporOus dust On the tops OF noun
tans the material of these meteors has been found
IA diagram the appearance OF the suns corona was
showp1 It would appear here II there was an aggre-
CATION m tho suns neghbOrhOod Of the matter thrown
of from the sun with aggregated gathering OF the
ueteorc These appearances OF changes taxing
time teach the reality of the truth OF
thoss words OF the Psalmist The heavens
declare the glory OF God" They seem TO
ma We real meaning The heavens declares the glo ry
OF God and armament showeth his handwork.
Day day uttereth speech ana night unto night
shoyeth know ledge. There Ii speech nor language
but their voices, ri them"