Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-12-01
The Transit OF Yeaus.


Venus will Be the evening star until
Dscen er. and morning star the rest OF
the month. There aill be no hesitation
in dstsrmin NJ which Of the planets leads
the lisL Tor the movements Of Venus a'e
more important than ihose Of all the
other planets combined. OF. indie q, Of any
other celestial event even the solvent OF
another comet exceeding in proportions
our present sugust visitor. On the 9th
the grand ep.ch oocurs for then the
planet rea hing per infe Tor conjunction.
makes q transit over the suns face. No
intelligent person who realizes IL impor-
tanoe will fail 70 do as much toward the
celebration Of the are event as 10 follow
the planets COURSE, with the aid Of q
piece o. smoked glass. At some time dur
ing the passage. II Is the simples. sight
insginsble. . tiny blsrk dsi making is
Eay over the sun, bat be solution Of the
great problem Of the suns distance may
hinge % the seemingly unimp0rtAut oc-
c~urnenca. Venus will pea on the
suns limb over the whole Uni 81 States
81 nearly the same moment Of absolute
liule. e. about 6.55 o'clock in the morning
she will lesvs il and the transit will en-
about 9 O'Clock, Washington mean time.
TIE tables Of Venus are not quite perfect
and therefore the predicted time mSy
differ s minute or two from The observed
time Such Is the HnpBsss51e attached
By astronomers 20 the transit thst millions
q dollars will probably b. appropriated
b. the governments Of different countries
and spent By yrTEts individuals in OBJ
serFlnF the phenomenon. Scientific OBJ
8 rTers viii Be- numbered BY thousands,
While no figures can compute the labor
and psioiaking Involved il the intricate
processes that euter into the maibemstica
eaiculati0aA AL that the most sanguine
astroGOmsrs sxps 70 accomplish Is the
night % sd CT subtract les than the
tenth u 3 second from the sam psraileI
n u0E renewed. though this iahhitesimal
singular arrOr represents something like a
half mil ion miles IN the solar distance.
st half the stations in the most favorable
localities the weather will prevent obser-
yation. But a. the other half all that
human pozer can do in wrestling the Sc
ers3 u the sun viii Be accomplished, and
The Only opportunity that will occur for
~ yssrs viii b. Improved After the
transit " shsl lose The hirest Of the stars
from the evening sky, BE-. only for q Short
.ime II EfeF days she viii rsappesr IN
the es a morning star. 81 the close Of
the month sae all be & superb oheet in
the morning sky, rising two hours and 3
hall before the sun. and sharing With the
ogEsl II The celestial visitor has not left
fgr pHrtE ulknoEl IN TIE chief attractions
o. the celestial view. Venus sets now 8
few minutes before ; q clock IN the even
ing ~ tie End II tbs month she rises
zJ0ut - gci1lk Ia ths morning.
Tx FLAsETs IL DEczNBEB.
December presents an exceptionally
beautiful programme for planetary stu
dsuis. Venus Leads OF With q grand tran
SIT and inferior conjunction. Jupiter
eomef next il reaching on the 18Th the
most imDrxDt sfOth Of Ibis cOurse, opro-
Etioa Eiih the sun, when toe eastern SKY
sseIs y gisw ~ BE- come sboFe the
horizon SztufD pursues the even tenor
y ms way high " amOrgt eftars Mar
shows 3 t5ro5 Il fife - be arrives 81 con-
5unaiol 9Th tbo SIN. and give promise
Hs1ms tine reaching opposition. when
rs uEF moon ~..i e0msint0 view. Mer-
CRY i buFg s1c1gh t0deseryB the tits O.
~fnesseugeY u the 1DdA The conjunction
Il Fsp1s Asrcu , and Mars With the
sln AID Vit5 G~ch Other show how near
1sy ar y he grast lnmlnsrg, and how
aesrly theirnseks tqeh upon each other.
Oaae more nsigobOr, the moon. tries
- pr0Tsthsf che j. not q member of the
1aza word gro AsrhOd 70 Ehich sne has
bssg rzsEia9y cogzigned. Mr. Trouyelot
Gc% he Esgliy authority " ths theory
TAI there are eTl1snees 81 movement %
ne innzy disc This keen eyed. reliable
g5serTsr ha zen LANDSCAPES lose their
c1nsoas e. flight clouds Wsfs aost-
~ ggE pefn- and tsO " the great era
- gnlo&s1 Elth 5 lzfs Tspqr slightly
81 zta D1rple Here are ndicstiOns
= e GlsEgsy1sfs fs>ms kino. thus con-
tGGcg 10 5tatlisss1 bsiisf But the
srrac@lal mind = receptive and viii
sfg s1xH Elgnilg nsT tHd strange
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