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

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ioaaEly At an ineoacsivahae rute Of veleSss.
sometimes 10 the resnuesaesS cf Saooa.0s0
miles
The '.War Conct'' Of 1861 sprRag 50 SID
denly upon the people in this l4aiiade, aaa
with such anexampled brillaney an1 snaxzi-
tnde, as % asionish our sciesiikr nea and
frighfen the timid. The civil var, thea jzss
inangurnied, must hare something 70 Do vish
il. Of course. Bat Hnhernldea and anisssses
d burst forth with al its heavenly hea=sy.
The opinion generally expressed was lAunsis
was not eqaal 70 Donasi's eo-sss- vh7e 1x.F
considered It the same sse On - rsEzrz- and
r;aiealed Ire de- q ~ IA h<ssAe sse,s slnos
1864 An sarzises xe-s. ksxr-s-- s-Aas-
qaently sef ~ res hy he Gisospe-y saaz / wlx
TksscAer's cozes- discovered en- sAs ssA &c
APRIL. ,lssI, "a Mr.. Rzske<ks-.is : sa.ssr-aa,r-g-
IN Nss York- BY PrsSsser A = FAaA,ib.r-
AcroszlinE 10 = rspc<s z.nss q he Csnhrsirs
Ohsssvaiozy sJssv 5, 1851 sAs sSuu,ss agpea-s
to hare passed "a as<~zEar ze5e between
he 2ztk a.i assk e June n 1sngSru.bs zzs
dsgree< sAe isngisz,se x lie sArth taea AsIar
ssI- Th4 inellnnrsaa & is azt ~ that az she
earth vas 50 aegrves- sr very nearsy ss,. g-eaz-
/ sss possihie- o. ske sssA e jane the Dis
tanee a tAs e4rsA froz sie had of the euues
appears 20 have been oely aAsat T3-0eN. eQ0
zsilss, asd skzs from the nj eouss1erzhly less.
he esse4 sent o. Is savelcpes once Gay,
Or fozr or sse sizes these eceentEic arches
xere osngisneraie. ard fe<n.ed hood halo
o. briliiAzt bow cEer the nsrieza Indesd.
TIE halo appeared hzEsr shan sensiesrvle,
even nearer the sweep q an entire circle.
Il certainly closed il until the dark axis pre-
vented rs further peaetrafion or progress to-
rard the formation Of whole periphery. On |
the 10th Of Oetober lis traia extended over
50.0Oo.0 900 miles IN length, and exhibited
spread Of 10000 900 in width. Bcsh these
dimensions varied two inmates or two one
half minutes, but With good glass IT vas
readily recognized. Referring to thu comet
Boston paper remarked that, although it
had been Ear Inferior in briIliancy to that of
The previous year, or 70 the unreasonable
one Of DoaAt; in 1858, YET It vas large one
compared with others.
0nly one in six Of the comets which are
observed ever become visible 10 the naked
eye, and daring the present century not more
than half dozen have been larger than Tut
tls's. This comet attracted good deal Of
attention frOm European astronomers.
The Comet Of 1864 was fra observed AT
Bishops Observatory, Tviekenham, England.
on the 5sh Of July, 1864, BY Prof j. r. Hind,
On The s0th Il was distinctly visible 10 the na-
ked ere in the consolation Taurus, and be-
came each night more conspicuous object,
is apprOae b to the earth being very rapid.
The real diameter Of the nehalosisy Surround
ing the nneleu Us was upward Of 10000 miles.
We have no accoun; Of this comet being seen
in this part Of The world.
The Comss Of 1865, knoxn as BrUrsen's,
was seen a, yassar College Observatory on
the evening Of the 18Th Of April, 1855. Its
approximate position Sas right ascension 3h. |
Am defamation about 2sder. 45m. Itconld
be seen With an instrument Of Low poxer, APP |
pearing Ike a hazy star, just skirtins the |
northern border Of the beautiful group Of The |
Pieiades, and moving in = northessterly d. /
reesieu.
RraFrEaR4xcR o. EscKE's cosrr.--The
superintendent Of the Naval Observatory !, !
Washington reported, under date Of August
IL, 1855. that Eneke's comet vas observed |
there that morning BY Professor Hall Ituas
near the place predicted By Messrz. Becker
and Won Astea- AT three s. m. August 10,
kfteen hours mean time, the comets rieht a..
eension vas Oh. 59m. aud defamation 3O.see.
sem.
The Gomez Of 1871 vas fsrst seen 81 Levi.
Swift. Of Marathon, n. Y. on the 18th 81
April, 18TH Il vas reported 10 Professor
Hough, Of de Dudley Observatory, a, Albauy
who made an observation On the eveninx Of
he zlss, being delayed By unsavorabIe wessh-
er- Then rs approximAte position uas So.
BON. right ascension and 4edex. Gan. north
dscIinatiou- The right ascension was IA.
ereaziag sm- sos. and the declinat;oa dimin-
ishing SON. daily
: The conet Of 1872 was seen IN San Fran
eiseo on theesenisg Of the Istk 81 June, 1877. |
Il appeared little to the southwest Of The
zsniih, aaa w1s moving rapidly and so.aeuhss
iz.egsIa-iy- Az length Il DISAPPEARED, hay- 1
ing apparently asesnded out a. the atmo4-
phere of the earth. The naelsns appeared |
% be star Of he frs, imaginable. and the /
tail vas wavy. Iswas IN sight Cor six miaaies.
The plaass Mars u.s lsuianzs and roze-esI- /
Ord Al ihe time.
The Comet hoax Of 1872 viii be remssn-
bered = the occasion ef considerable sxeise-
n,ens asnans he psspas x this locality, Is