The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-11-19


make a good summer town. The
country between Augusta and Wichita
is well improved. will just say that
have been in Kansas sixteen years
and this county and Butler have i'm
proved faster, and better class of i'm
/ provements, than any other counties
in the state in the same length of time
c. NJ. GARRISON.
Wichita, Kan, Nov. 10, 1874.
For the EAGLE.
The Lunar Eclipse Again.
/ EDITOR EAGLE: As my statement
III the form of query in the EAGLE
of November 9TH, in relation to lunar
eclipses. seems like .'clown's conclu-
sions" to Mr.. ''B. c. W" in last EA-
GLE. | should like to briefly investi-
gate those conclusions" and lay them
down with Il. C.. VS. theory to see
/ how such conclusions" do appear
hardly thought that Mr.. B. c. W, in
/ his article OF October Goth, meant to
convey the idea that the inclination of
| the moons orbit was the cause of the
moon passing through the upper part
Of the earth's shadow, but as his last
article indicates such theory, | will
submit the following for analysis, be-
! lieving it can be elucidated by reason
and deductions from science.
The moons orbit being inclined to
| the plane of the earth's orbit is not
| the cause of the variety" of eclipses
that occur during period of eighteen
years, hence was not the cause of the
moon passing through the upper part
eclipse, nor of the upper part of the
moons first emergency from the shad-
| ow We will begin with fair Illus
tration not so complicated as the
earth's and moons orbits. Two ships
in motion, the larger sailing in line
due east corresponding with the earth
in its orbit, the smaller one as the
moon in its ascending course before
reaching its node sailing northeast at
about five degrees angle. There is a
point where those lines of direction
intersect. Let us see what will cause
collision or impact OF the ships at
this point. II the smaller ship is
twice the distance of the larger one
| from the crossing point and Is sailing
with twice the velocity, there must
necessarily be a central impact or col
lision whether the angle of their d.
| rection is one, five or twenty degrees.
Vary the velocity or distance of either
ship a small fraction from the above
and the impact is changed proportion
ally. There are such relations be-
tween cause and effect, that if causes
are known, effects may be calculated,
ana the effects being understood the
causes may be traced. For example
the discovery of the planet Neptune.
From pertubaiions of the exterior
planet Uranus its position was nearly
determined by astronomers long be-
fore its actual discovery. This was
the result of tracing cause from effects.
Then if scientific men arrive at correct
conclusions by investigating causes
and effects and make truthful predic-
tons in reference to eclipses, and i'll
Mr.. Il. c. WIS theory is correct in re-
gard TO the variety eclipses being
caused by the inclination OF the moons
orbit, of course this inclination would
various eclipses that occur during a
period of over eighteen years. |
should like to see the result of such |
calculation. Would it not be written. |
"Things are because they are"' OIL
course without this inclination the va
riety could not occur, neither could |
they occur without the sun, moon and |
earth yet it would not be intelligent |
to say that either Of these is the cause
of the variety in cciipses. Then, what |
is the cause? II is the ratio of the |
earth's and moons revolutions and of |
their rates of motion. The amount of
the moons inclination forms no part |
of the calculation in determining the |
eighteen years period of variety. If
one sidcreal revolution of the earth I
was multiple of synedic revolution
Of the moon the variety of cclipses
would only extend through period
of one year, because each full moon
would then occupy the same position
with the earth and nodes that il did
the same time the previous year. But
owing to their existing ratio of mo-
ton, etc, the earth and moon do not
come into the same relations with the
nodes for period of eighteen wears,
eleven days, seven hours, forty-two
minutes aud thirty-one seconds, hence
an eclipse is not repeated until the
elapsc of this period of time. During
this period there are two hundred and
twenty-three lunatiops or fall moons
and sixty-two eclipses, twenty-one of
the moon and forty-one of the sun.
According TO the foregoing reason
ing the moons inclination not causing
the variety of eclipses that occur, the
last being one of that variety. 1t fol-
lows that the moons emerging point
was not the result of the moons in
clinatiou. The only effect see arising
from it at and during the eclipse is
that the emerging point upon the
moons eastern limb was about ten de-
grees higher than the point last sub
merged upon its western limb. shall
be free TO receive any friendly criti-
risms on any part of this article and ,,
will content myself with such 'con- :
until Mr. Il. c. W. throws ,
more light or them than have yet re-
eeived. " B.
Wichita. Nov. 10. 1874.
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