Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-04-23
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. 49, va o Wv ~ VIM .'HHa"'H
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TImorous people hardly got fairly
over ono scare az to The immediate
Guiding OF The world ON Jay abl.-
luloly figured out by sc.cuco," The
stars or some oihurageuoy, when along
comes another prediction, from which,
wo are told TO the most wise and sIl.
omn manner, there BE- no possibility 20
cscspe, and iu the accuracy OF which
tho author tolls us there can DO no
particle Of doubt the vsiy
latest Of those dreadful calculations
emanaies from PRO. Falh, 90 NlsHla;
aud according % tine Ltlraiy hysN.
ne stakes q reputation already vel.
established, through having faGtIoI
tho world with correct predictions %,
ynri us earthquake, cyclones ami
other dire events. upon the declaration
tuat the dUstruCii1n Of the earth by
Gre, us tue pr0rhgsiys 0f old have fore.
told %, will surely take place * 5vomuer
l3, 1893. lhls great c1uftgraton and
windiug.up, tls Austrian 20 'osslr
says, VIII be kindluI by tue collision 0f
our earth with O comet; AMI tho salen.
,iss, appear 10 agree tina, while there is
possibility o. augl C0lI.ai1r, the great.
ness Of the DAGGER b. scarcely such o.
90 if.ghtUn lht iimiI. 10 thl6 class ID .
Klein, German savaut, oilers ross0u.
ing IhatwIil be- muih more comforting
Than that Of biz scientific ncighbor
lle say.
1.-Two suppose the uucl0u, Ola comet Coz
De- re- VutF.ur UI tuU aIlH uf our earth. fuufr
BE- only ono chance Boo 80 million. tHli We
VIII fuu against ono of tUU.H uUIIUH. Tho
numlrr OF comets which Utss through
our solar system yarIUf nulWuuu tuu suI
twUuIy. Under those circumstances Ibu
earth should collide with "a comet about
once boo two million years. DO tuu ulr.H
c0lIiui wi % comet 10000 years Hgu, De-
De-, nj uuuIHH, NOE very I..IV tUAE %
similar accident will iaE8 place within
me uuNt million years. IiIs thiz docs
NOT romuyo Zoo possibility, Ha tHu iuIHU.
inuts Of Iup. ur must hlyH lnruui 300
l'sn, whom q como. bumped up against
thuif pipuUL The comet got lu1 Wuu. Ot
DO, iur D. was torn to pieces
Taken Tor granted that tuU nucleus u' a
como. s rHI.I, then o. collision would Uu
followed ly consequence Hu nNfI. .Hu.
our fancy could not assist us tp frIlIGH It.
lHplHrU ulHH attention 90 tho hul Goa. a
collision would uhHuuu GOO position of
tlH Dtru and ihU iHuEh ~ umu urr.s.
atrF Dor Its ru alton. a.IHu Hut would IuUu
rush towards tho now equator, HuI uynJy
living being would perish, l1pIac1, hove
ever, WAS uuIeIU with Hu Import.
ant physical lHw .hH did mos know that
tho iOrc0 expended lu moving p1ulofuus
masses T., upon cessation ~ tnH move
mont. converted Into boat According tn
this law, tho collision oi our earth with "a
comet thu size OF our moon would cone
WORT both bodies into ytpbU
Tho question. Arc tho comets sHIIdR
i8 therefore % some Importance. Many
astronomers do not nUllUgo that thug
are solid ID. ulIt but granted tnattuuy are,
tho addition 10 mass ui r.rhIuIU acid
gas, such as thcy undoubtedly contain,
would uenesHNrlIv destroy AIl OrsAuIu
liio upon our planet Tho tliI ofa comet.
however, is composed uf such small par.
tclHs Of matter thlt our ntmusuhoru
undoubtedly is much moro dgustly
laden, Tho earth has passed moro than
Ouun through tho tall ola comet $50 huut
tho guest atmospheric changes Whom
the earth approaches tho head " u comet.
tho event he generally marked Uv %
shower of INDOORS very beautiful but
harmless phenomenon,
lie conclude, that those theories
which assign to the earth In ~ pres.
ent form an almost eternal existence
are contrary 10 ths known laws Of
nature, aud ridiculous. but he olasses
asoqually ridiculous the assertion that
tho earth will be destroyed by a come.
Nov. rs, 1906 Tor, even n all ,ho fore.
going dangers DO admitted, the path Of
the known comets have not yet been
determined with sufficient accuracy
10 warrant such a prediction.