Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-10

a,,',- discovered crater were long ago de-
..ravcd. being razed by some denuding
,,rre nearly 10 the level of the surrounding
surface. 1t is consequently but the
-s--naul of q great crater ring. Even in
,Na. condition, however, il would be visible
.,-be eve but for the fact that its huge
-as,lbor, CopernicGs, whose walls are still
,...ding TO Il great height, is surrounded by
.r.rmous masses of luminous material,
,-as.h looks ike lava aud must have over
4.yaa the surrounding country ages ago,
end rejects back the light of the sun to our
.-., with overpowering brilliancy. Tie
re of this broad rejecting surface. cover
.-- .gndreds Of square miles, IS so great as
,,-ouceal the comparatively low relief of
he broken crater ring.
or course astronomers are much specu-
ming over this new and wonderful work of
photography and much time is spent and
much mi. used over it. The majority seem
Ue arriving at the conclusion that is not
.rproUaUlc that Copernicus is responsible
s.r,ne disappearance of the other great
crater which doubtless was the predecessor
NJ Ca1rruicas, and once lowered up an
s-ga. height above the surrounding plains.
.e-r.- Rad ceased TO be an active volcano,
Az. Cooerltcus had burst forth, the latter
r.agao overwhelmed il with torrents of
..r.. which. 1iling up the space between
t- uuEeu walls nearly to the level Of their
..a.. submerged il. so 10 speak, beneath the
,.a surface thus formed, so that only the
..nu.l- If is broken wall remains to be
,...... by the acute vision Of the photo
ga.Ale plate. -
Another lunar discovery considered
equally Us important has lately been made
...slgu rnr agency OF photography. There
. % great volcano with yawning crater,
.. ca Ircho. u is not now active, bur there
.-..na .r q system Of bright rays that 10
... .a- been aDle 10 explain. This extinct
..aa i- some tifty-four miles in diameter,
a.f IS surrounded on the outer side of its
yf. walls by 4 comparatively level region,
.u.r twenty-five miles broad, Of much
darker hue than that OF the crater itself or
or me surrounding country beyond. The
hundreds uf great streakS which radiate
,a-a Ig,ha ike the spo1es of a wheel
gtr..r- D." width rom Ten 10 twenty or
...lr. mics and IN length from 4 few miles
.. ra.-.l eoNO miles, have always appeared.
v4.u r.-r,rd with telescope alone, 10 take
.erri-r from the outer edge Of the dark
r4 surrounding the crater but the
Lick negatives SHOW that some of
-aa--reass al least PISS through his dark
r... .ad rNteud clear up to tic very inner
81 ttt- crater The suggestion that
1aasr mysterious streaks had their origin in
%. volcanic energy of Tycho when it was
ST. au active crater is strengthened by
hsryiruce that the streahs actually reach
- rHa crater itself
Naa- Eur~c mysterious strcaks are has
Ao' So, been der.ded upon, but the astrono-
u-r- are now actively engaged studying
'nr-. OF course they could not be fire, for
'Lr volcano /, inactive. They must be
s.a"nn. different from anything we have
az ,ar earth hence the workers have moth
i--r go b.. IN The way Of comparison. a
Hypothesis HAT they were some kind of
t- metal thrown off by the volcano
v.r active took some shape, but WAS
e...''a e demolished by the fact that they
Or. entirely straight II they had been
u.'.'u metal thrown out upon an irregular
s.r..... they could not have cooled IN
Straight Lines. of course.
Astronomical photography is now on
r.-..ar boom, especially SO far as regards
raa'g q study of rHe moon. 1t is thought
'.s. many very important discoveries will
ifs boz made lrou IL. The astronomer has
double advantage from i in the fact that
F." 'au take The moon Us il appears through
. most powerfl. telescope. and then
"rr ngc things TOO minute 10 be seen
$50 by magu,r, ing the Photograph
Itsr time " strike match. says the
'..a.@.m Ace, we are indebted 10 the
.- uao have studied science for the mere
.r.r.,. The men who worked away at