, 1876-12-25
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- l0und to pass Into tho cArthfs Atu1oep11efr Z
aattnes aie correction must 20 made fot tho retar
atton OF speed duo to resistance Of the air; aud
Tag ngnfe would then show tho teast dIstaucs
between the two bodies.
u evident tfat the result Of tho approach
ndH f.1H u change in the shape Of the meteortto
inY nay even como 30 near US as to pdss through
tho upper atmosphere, and bc intensely heated
oy TIC itletion but pass on n an altered course:
as e W. the Gasc with tho brilliant mcteorito Of
tho sth Of July last. It's direction may DO such
that Il VII! reach tho earth, as did the ono wltcl,
icll Into the Pacific Ocean near San Franciscu a
fey days ago.
Ss Ws b, havs S,,! !1,atestsa, above ths me.hea in
beforehand the original orbit Of the uacteoritc.
Unfortunately, wo cannot know this; becausu il
IT, TOO small hoiy to be seen BY us III after t
r. e osaTpby Tsd o Up ya y sso essonnr 18th s' Il aa att
altered BY tlfs fact, only iis method; wo have ave-
TO work backwarsla in tho calculation, instead
o. forwards. Hartng the observed path Of the
sfy 1Sy Of \ tbc ey eat Fyfn e. tinc and knew,ps
allowance for the effects Of grav1tation and air
resistance, he can ascertain the direction In
Wsn T,ai5 ta objset wa travelling before It became
sistbie. In TIL. way he eau ea1culaie the path
orbit having the suil in ono focus, like TINT rep
teaenteti In our diagram. And In this way NO
AnA t!'at oil our to'ides and shooting Stars,
even 10 tue smallest speck which reaches tho
"o oHS4C klA4k4 u tAbuEN}
come TO Us from going up and down In the vast
depths OF the solHr system.
coMros17loN oP 7uEsn BODIES.
Inefc Is, however, one otfct. fact which is In
der certain Eenmctrleal circumstances. tho body
would fall to the carth or not--the character .of
the material Of which It Ia composed. Tho
friction or the atmosphere rctards tho motion,
Tcrted into motion Of IFS constituent molecules
or atotns--tt ts cllnnged Into heat. Tho tenn.
peraturc Of the botiiyt raised to tho point ol
i,nncanacsscnsc' and may b increased many
ere heated more rapidly than the Interior, ~ tie
heat y generated IRON without; and this I'M
cqual heating causes unequal expansion Of tho
PARTICLES, 30 that there Is i continued tendency
particles fall away, and ars left bclud, because
the aurfacc exposed to atmospheric resistance IL
greater in proportion to the quantity OF motio1,
IN Tic maas for small bodies ttan for lsrgo ones
Ito we're composed entirely Of iron, tho CO.
llcsrc attraction Of It's particles might he t1ltt.
tioubteuiy would bel great enough to Withstand
this ttra'n: md the mass wou1 continue Its
loss by oxidation. II, again, thc composition ot
the netceflte bc something like that OF tho fcct
Of Neb4chsdnczzars tmarc--wl'frll wcrc "part.
Y Of fron and partly OF r1ay ''-the mora
torner case, leaving tho Iron TO fall ar
metallic mass to tile earth, OF to take another
excursion in space, as determined by thc geo.
Rss,s to naye }s Ssen tc composition & ,ss
ndn AZ an ron nctcot hv no ~oan ,r o
tlat It was chiefly composed ot iron before col't-
elon Will tho earth. Its largcr port!oi, Of lcsa
it, nas.sre tronS tnc pe IT. a teaNs ~ ~ ~
s,,riacc Of the nart as incrc atnrns nf star.,,st
On the other hand, as was undoubtedly the
case VIII tlo meteor OF last Thursday, the mass
witt of nrc arnres.vc t"s,, ~ ~ ,nax 1T 1T
carthy-tiat is 1css es Cohesive WITH tEan tfoil. @ II
ne1's o9 Ia, dn 1i'5,e " soi tts ,ta. tg g.
III ~ ,ybh auo % ioa.s f,mM sait; p.ns :"
fhis casr in crrTms at anca. faror - .cri.s -
disr,ntions at nieryais "ii t1,rn1'r, i,s risihir
p In ,o s',nfe a Iy D rs * M
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niosi,ns woIliI In tee ss. ri t!,c mc,carii"
H. o1nev ot nf nj t,p S & ~ - ptns,
nh,r"' AoS o'' ~ a''o 0oFo'a epe a'''' II
'A~'s' t,vr,n wont M nv r,.r
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urr ,is.cns Y ~, n,m;, . r'ns,,t,,tEs ~
mcteortcs nr To- .asr.e TX thnc wt"'' sy l
fn,,n,1 n t1aiTor.nt .rts ~ ~ .r.Ii u" +, H.,
nav I,e fMm"i IL X Nv ~, ,,,,s a. ,r.,.
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n,Ss IN H. 10 .no n n n o. fsc saS III
With lev Wv yesrs % uast. tl,o" @ tic % mcteorltn.
w"rn i,ricyeG s'' 'hoA hsvt: ~ ro,,,n irn,
o,ttshc ia cvrtl "A's ,ct 'o" IVA. wn.
scrv fr ttcs ~ ,a,,ot sisnt ~ ,c .nG1r LITE sxs,c
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t1cn llaying % satellites. % r.'I and f fu s Comets
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tronnmy trnt1 t., thc cnnc,,,sion that t,S hnd;cs
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