Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-01-12

when an ephemeris of geOcentric posi-
/ lions fright ascension and declinatiOn)
/ for any myth OF time is required it is
convenient rO calculate with rectangu-
/ lar equatorial CO-Crdinatas instead of
by the process we have followed i'm
comparing The orbit with the middle
observation.
So then had 10 buy a NV barn and
begin an over again.
At enc time I had the whole back
I yard full of lOgarithms. and a person
l going out after coal i'm the cleaning
/ would fan over ana skin his nose on an
equation almOs. invariably.
After I had worked my multiplier till
/ I had 20 build on a lean TO for my null
7 tiplicand I ran upon this little para
I graph Of instructions.
We may now refer to the calculation
/ OF e9hemerides of the geocentric places
I of comet from the parabOlic elements
I which are required during it's visibility
\ 10 facilitate observations
Now what sort Of reading matter is
I that TO place before a f3milv2
/ The general aspect and esteem shown
! by comets toward the sun have endear-
cd them 10 the thinking mind. 7 have
read of every comet since the savaat
| was enabled first 10 ramble Through the
1 sky and no comet has ever been known
I 10 turn It's tail toward The sun during
/ that time Comets for many years
were regarded with disfavOr and We're
unpopular among the masses, the gem
eral opinion being that they preceded
I pestilence and cOngre ssiOnal legisla-
I uOn Tn the fifteenth century TO the
\ 0Ave Maria was added Lord save us
I from the devil the Turk and the COM
l et"
/ The chemical construction Of comets
\ has for many years occupied the atten-
/ ton of our greatest scholars and atmOs-
/ pheric explorers. Generally they are
\ thought t0 contain nothing but carbon
T If rOus gases and scenery. AS one may
! comfortably observe the stars through
\ the tail Of o. comet says the astronomer
we are led 70 believe that the whole
/ substance of the c0mst is merely q neb-
/ ulous gas illuminated by other bodies
/ such as the sun or moon
III had known that i'm April. it would
/ have been worth something TO me. but
/ am too apt to purchase things and
/ then read about them afterward.
] DouNll comet luluh, BdN- lue
/ most general satisfaction. Ii was here
I in 1888 and returns regularly every
/ $50 wears. rain or shine. It would
\ come of,euer. but has an aphelion of
7 1000 600 Oo0 of miles and Their fore has
\ 10 De very active i'm order TO make the
\ trip.
DOnad was very proud Of his comet
| but it has never paid him at all Since
/ getting mixed mp in the matter / have
/ had q good deal Of correspondence with
/ other discoveries. owners or assignees
I of comets. and many of them are actual
/ ly suffering from want
a general movement toward the re-
| lief Of these people is now on foot. and
a Christmas tree is talked Of at least
/ for next year.
ANY one visiting the Holy Land this
/ wear. who may notice an INSCRIPTIONS
/ astronomer over there carrying a good
gold watch with my initials on il and
4 .nCi0sed n q Cham0is bag will do well
20 communicate particulars to me at an
. early date will drop everything and
so at once
/ would exchange my comet with a
steady. Industrious man for a revolving
bookcase with muCh smaller orbit, if
I'D good condition