The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-11-30

For the Dreoktaven Ledger.J
The Moon.

IL 10 highly prooaDie snAt W,
individuals who read this treats
feel interested in description OF
country SO far distant from their imm.
diate worldly interest and pecuniary az
fairs, Notwithstanding il is monde
script, or partly 20, and not to be found
in any astronomical works extaDt.
As the revolution Of fhis, planet. or
Earth, eastward. on it's Ais, at the
eaus.5r, moves 1898 miles every hour,
it gains On the moon with the velocity
Of 1000 miles every hour Of time.
Now, when the moon rises over the
equator in Brazil, at Magagao, on the
mouth OF the Amazon river. precisely
at 12 o'clock at night, that town will bo
lust opposite at that moment that local
ity will pass the moon il her orbit 1000
miles faster than the moon moves, and
when Magsgao arrives in the aame place
in the rotation or the earth on it's axis.
eastward. in twenty-four hours. the
moon will then bs 914 miles in advances
Of the town of Magsgao, and will overs
take that body in her rapid rotation
eastwardly in 81 minutes and so SEQ
onds. The moon will rise the next day
z minutes and 60 seconds before !
O o'clock, or 50 minutes and so seconds
later than it did the previous day or II
hours, which astronomical calculations
will evidently show. The same pls. 9
on the earth previously stated overtskes
the moon upwards of 81 times to each
revolution Of that body around the
earth. That gives the risings OF the
moon So minutes and so seconds. or
nearly 63,Dinutss later each day.
The distance of the entire orbit path
Or elliptic of the moon, around the earth
10 / 40, 600 miles, the diameter Of that
sissss being about 4so,0oo miles, and
lbs distance from tho centre Of lbs
earth To the moon il 240. 900 miles.
The moon n describing that orbit
moves sastvsrdly every month 1 1,ss5. 800
miles, and each day or "a hours. 52.sif
miles, or 2202 miles an hour, or Sc miles
q minute.
A degree OF distance cs longitude on
the moons orbit is 1000 niles, and 3
minute is about 66 miles.
The mocn passes around the earth n
81 days and 8 hours. and each revolu.
lion around this earth causes only one
rotation on her axis, and the lunariaus,
# there be any on that body, would have
only ono day and one night in that time.
being about or nearly IA Of our days, q
,36 horsrs to each day and night.
A nsez trayefirg On horseback at the
speed Of 80 rnilec each day or
II hours, would reach Go ttoon in 81
years, Z months and days. A ttasS Of
,ars drawn by an engine at the rapidity
# 30 miles an hour would reach the
noon in 4s3 days, or year. 8 months
q days and 9 hours.
If an atmosphere filed the intermo-
late space between the surface OF this
,arth and the noon, and an earthquake
raslto take place there. the sound would.
each us at the vsiooits cf "a niies q
minute. in Is days and 10 hoark
If q sufficient quantity of powder
we're applied to cannon to project the
,all beyond the midway point between
his earth and that body, it would de-
ceud to the moon and never return.
1t is highly authentic that an atInos>
there sursounds that body, notwith-
tanding wc have very satisfactory wi
lence, from microscopic observation.
hat no water exists there. as signs %
loud, vapor and fog have never beer
observed at any time ~ish sAe best haiS
Thss sotfy is about so times
ess than this earth in size; that would
n ske the circumference Of the moon
bout 1880 miles, and the diameter 2leo
niles.
If this earth were the same size OF
he moon and the dimensions OF the
noon that of the earth, the earth would
evolve around the moon instead of the
noon around the earth. Each revolu--
ion of the moon around the earth Is a
unar month, which is upwards OF l5 IN
! year.
Insane persons are oslled lunatics.
Whether the moon has any effect upon
he husnan mind in producing lunacy or
insanity ie not pcsitively known for
ertain.
The light which is transmitted from.
hat body to this earth when the sum
eases to shine here at night, is only
secondary or reflected light from our
umiuary OF the day.
When the sun, moon aud eaFss sEs
II in direct line with each other, whea
he moon ia full. an eclipse takes place,
.. be seen distinctly with the naked eye.
That ous earth is round the shadow Of
he earth passing over the moon eeiipses
hat body and hides it from our view.
The chemical changes which are grad
ally taking place on that body as the
years of time roll on, may
cause it to.become an inhab-
table country like this terraqueous
,lobs Of ours, consisting of land and
vster.
The magnifying powers Of the tele-
cope, in viewing the moon, increases
t. size or draws it about 1900 times
lesrer, which causes the appearance of
he moon TO be about 200'miles from the
,arth. fr4s
The cycle Of the noons cr golden
or Metouic cycle, so called
rom its inventor. Melton. is a period OF
years, after which the new and
Iull moons return on the same days OF
Ihe month. a SF
The moon at the same age crosses the
meridian Mt different attitudes at differ
.,e tha vaar and aNroriiOOly