The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-12

ISOLATED with the shooting stars of No
Nenbcr IA IN an tntimats relationship, lihe
me comet OF 1862 with the shooting stars
OF August 10. and like Bielas comet with
those Of November 81.
This is one OF the splendid discoveries Of
NJ Schiaparelli. the learned director of
the Milan observatory.
we can. say, calculate the position OF
the cloud Of which we are telling tho his.
lurS ana even point 1t out on It's orbit
| Ihat Ia what we have Gone The central
part OF the cloud is represented on the fir
urc at the spot whore It will BE- on Novon,.
per II, 1929. aud on the same date in 1895
1891 and 1896
II VIII he seen that II is at present very
'ar from the carih's orbit But as wa
sa'u, inc cloud is SO extensive that we
| 'nlsht already meet it's advance guard and
| Perhaps several clouds exist
| iho attention OF astron, mcrs has lust
neon called TO this point by Mr.. Johnson
STANLEY, who thinks that. athoueh the
| swarm is Invisible. an attempt mipht bs
'hauc TO photograph II by leaving the plates
exposed for long limo toward the region
OF the sky In which it lis. lie recommends
that the day ana hour OF the appearance of
'ne iirst Lcunides which present them
| selves to view shall be determined as cx-
| a'tly as possible as also their trajectory
through our atmosphere In order that we
| may complete. as far as possible the
| knowledge which we already posssss ma
10 me oNtcnt OF the swarm
| we had said that the mrtcors do not form
! compact mass, but are spcad over n cone
! siderable portion OF their orbit This ia
an' consequence OF thor individual speed
n"Se WHO travel fastest are In front. those
whose revolution Is more slow nrn behind
ana each return In the earth dIrtl1ha theu,
| ahc dlss'mln0tos thcm. anl tha same Ia
! TIE ease with regard 10 the lpuro distant
action OF Jupiter, Uranus aal saturn
f''ul century Ia century The current
/ spreads itself along the orbit and becomes
/ l"nS'r There WAS time whct they fol med
/ contract swarm, and thatS time Is not
/ very distant for otherwise jao swarm would
| N" spread out into u continuous ring, and
would no longer exist NJ swarm The
work of dislocaton can not have begun
/ very long ago.
/ The swarm which In new TO the plane
! tafY Hystcm. could only have been intro
! du'ed ana thrown into its orbit by the ac-
| Ton OF n disturbing aud cncrsctic cause.
| as happened IN the case oi the periodic
| comets In Analysing this orbit lie Ncrricr
found that the swarm had cor,o very near
| uranus during TN Nrei DAVIS of March i'm
| the wear l26 OF our era
II had come ont ~ space AMI had prob
! AMY Il sphciir shape. l.tc comet, winch do
| not lass Ia Tie Immediate vicinity of A
| lh're body and had certain density The
| svnru, .,,. ..it,.,l..t -. . 'u''
opd rh,,',,i ,,,,.,,,',,,, W"',u u moves
nv NJ th,' ,''''' Wv ntNo'u'' Ntlpo-
,,ns,.,, a., 1870 "'"'' nus nNt'on sur
Inc .,vlnr,,, ,r,,t , '''' W. 80 ,''', 'n"sS'
s,r,t,t,., ,, ''. le' INV u'Hso'Neu ny
81 the orbit. Which wdH suhsouuuutly FUR
th'i developed Inv tVriurbatinns du. 10 tlle
Nct,0n Of tn" earth
Tho extent Of the dissemination increased
Nh i ,'''U" y" l'' luo ana on' my we ring
st,rs ~ v'''l'',,' hoh vac ihilhs
,',,a,,, ',",,i''''' WIZ max ,h'ir an
,',i Mn WY ''" ~ small ana NiEihly
~ , r'|,i''
r,' ~, .,,, va" 10y STOOD III the pain "f
. 81" ",' N"Ui' HHN' continued
,., ',''''''t We sun ANA started
~ w., Wv" 'i"'p' hu' rnnuh incorporated
a. KIM, o;"'''' ""' ,iN sam" action
a. ',WE u''il''lp III" olbit INTO conform
W. WV" WV ln"N'in'u ~ uln planets
Nv v,',S "ppc"ran'c we EARN dolocts
- '"'"i"'' '"i' RUNNER ANA without uoubt
N'',a q ing ',hpo'oI ni numerous
'',U ,o",c'' me Hphrhoh b"iuN IN
nv. WE ,."' "puu ui 'n, rhtth
.,,.i, ",o "'so, N "du'uon 10 Ia" prin-
,r"' SN"'ur hoN''a separate '"ndenHn-
''''' ''"1' p'Hsnt'n WIZ ol'S'rNou ~
,, '"'N 500 '''p' lni,' l'"". INfH ana
'''o. we "uH''N'l'oh 81 'hr pAsNaf' every
" "' lu''''s''HN io' inuroush
- W." VI W, lug
' '""'' ~ top"' uncovered NY iienpe'
III i''ehp,r io"N iollpWs' as already
~. r'.,H nv nhih" orni, WIN slbht
~ u"'t''tt s''o,I'y, At tne ,'ne OF me
was two weeks behind the swarm. In 1866