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

| Now we come 10 another cOmet-that seen in l8i8'
which really interesting as travelling on the shortest
period OF comet know Of period OF three years
and four months II is noteworthy on this account that
this little to be getting closer and closer to
the sun, travelling always on shorter and shorter
period. II apparently retarded by the lnnnehce or
matter occupying space IL may seem strange
fact to saw that II retarded and yet II Is travelling
more and quickly But that IL the effect OF rera
ton in any instance. II our earth is TO be retarded the
effect Will he that earth will travel more and more
rapidly the effect of the retardaton would De 10
earth and nearer TO the sun ana an 'he
time she being retarded by resistance sue would DC
bastened pull of the drawing her inward ana
when she arrives so that she travels on the pain OF
Venus she will travel fast Venus and when travel
ing the path OF Mercury she VIII traVel as as as Mer
curry then faster and faster until in the course OF time
she will fall on the sun TINS comet is traVene FASTER
and faster q smaller and smaller orbit But pass
from that and TO the facts revealed by wach
which was discovered in 1926 1t was carefully
watched and was then found thst tnS comet mao
path assigned to it, having period Oh SIX Years
aud eight months Now TINS comet was IN . asih
place remarkable. because It's pain crossed ,he EARN
path and Indeed the next return, III 1884, asfoho-
mers announced ;nat that comet would actually cross
the earth's path and many thought that that pean.
that there would be collision, ana great alarm was
excited member OF the Paris ia academy sa sny
announcements for in l77l announcements made In
that way had frightened the people out OF Their wits to
sale purportng reserved seats in Paradise aud
sS2 they were quite bad but still they nucn
frightened, and many unfortunate circumstances nap
10 be todsnd then they were not comforted-thst the
fact that the comet passed the path OF the earth
sage across the path of the earth would not
njure the path for the path was not material thlng
hat astronomers had calculated the path exactly
that there would be no collision But that
psiit 1896 and then the Comet was found trav
cling on IT'S PATH and 10 the great astonshmen OF
divided into two parts each having distinct head and
nucleus II noticed by Capt Maury at the OOserva
when he observed the comet had doubled, me
records OF the German Observatory showed the
Therefore. that the greater ccarness of the stmos
pnere America had enabled hun to recognize
me cnange before II noticed in Europe. Two sepa
rate Travelled along side by SIDE and the strange
circumstance was noted that they lnerchansed hght;
sometimes and sometimes the other was brighter.
as If there were communication between them Ihey
kind of siamese twins They PASSED mo space,
and astronomers thought they could watch the comets
again and ascertain how they were separated OUT tue
never seen again Inc year isoo came alounG
they looked for IT, They examined me pam over me
heavens distance either side hut they tailed 10
recognize that told you that comet passed the
path OF the earth and there are othef systems when
The comet mad encountered meteor systems and split
M and was again aud again spit up ana 50 vanished
,h md what we have learned since about the comets
bstory The year and that comet was again
Looked for Other calculations were made as To s path
II was Looked FOR more carefully Dut in 1872 wac not
leave its history for the Tune presently 10 re-
turn TO IT,
There a comet seen IN 1855, ana oaiieu Dobati
comet Here picture Of the comet az seen 10 In
gland, and 1t looks ike plume, but IN America That
| comet was observed TO have not merely the pune
shaped body, but also perfectly straight tai ana ID
some pictures two straight tails Let US IN tne hs'
place. deal with that comet Why should the tAli OF
comet be eurvedf The position OF comets tail If due
TO repnislve action: ana II that repulsiye ACTON
| take place immediately, ~ Is quite clear the
| tail VIII he swept into straight line; ana
| II you look at straight line matter
| how placed. IL would look straigbt But If the
process OF repusiOn takes place at n mode rate
| rate the tail would appear curved. You eau under
stand that curved tai behind due TO repul-
sion taking place iDstan aneousy The head the
comet consists Of two kinds OF matterone repe
with moderate velocity, very great but moderate by
compari-onand the other repealed with velocity
and swept of into n straight line. IL would be mani
fest 10 YOU that being the case since there az
sratOn Of the matter in the comets tail, that N the
comets head complicated In structure, there would
| be an intermxture Of the two kinds Of matter,
and the portion OF the matter more readily repelied
would escape carried OF by the other TAIL carried %
into the curved tall and ut last would be swept away
ana perhaps little later another portion would he
swept awa;, and w you would zee extondac from w