The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-12
I.fCTS LBOTT NETEORS.
A Fragment ofn Comets TRn-Th. Intense
Cold of space fslt by Man.

The atmosphere forms an arniur which q, aim, II
impenettahle To- 'hc mctrUrs that afr constantly
p-lriug the Garth Most Of the mrtrurS ntr small
They come rushing through space. s,rkr the
atmosphere and III" friction against the molecules
Of air heats them 10 n white heat aud sets them
nblnlr Sometimes phrt II one may reach the
earth but as n rule they are consumed and the
dust alone. Cusmic dust drops upon the ,aitf.rr.
one Of tho "Grll, II known mct-ors fell ~ 2Di Is e
in PhrygiG where for long tm-it was wur
shipped TWAS carried tu Rome and YVES SUP.
posed To- b" amesScngcr from the guds Ivy
describes 4 shower" metrorc stones The people
were greatly alarmed AID tn" Senators Wcrr Il ID.
moralilcd and declared n nine days festival Ia
prUpilhtc the gods There l. at Mecca n meteor
tie which fell in GOO \ u and Is still wursnipp"d
by IN" faithful In Chinese literature there Is
mention ~ metcorS which fell In Ga Is G. Tho
oldest SHOWN mctrortc which was seen To- fail
l. now on exhibition At EuSishrim. NlShcr Ger
many. In 1902 it came crashing down through
the air with a roar that proStraied IA" p"Hsaruy
with fright II buried Itself deeply IN tho earth
II weighed 26O pounds and hangs 10 day ia the
parish church
The Chupadrros mrtcortr which weighed
twenty five tons, fell in Chihuahua. Mexico.
The largest mctcoritc known Is the Prary stone
which weighs approximately on" hundred tons
The stone Of Canon Diabl. weighs At lens, ten
tons and exploded high IN air. the pieces being
f"und all over the surrounding country IN
italy several instances are known Of the loss II
~" from m"ieou'"s peasant was sitting in
crashed through the roof, the act was regarded
AZ n visitation Of divine anger The city ~ Milan
Is perhaps the only on" that has been struck by
mri"urte mcirpnt" ~ several pounds
weight fell in the heart 81 that city In the year
1860, on the authority Of Pablo Maria TcIlayo,
and struck a Franciscan monk
More remarkable are IA" falls AT sea That
ship should b" struck would seem an rNtraur
binary chance yet Swedish ship was 50 struck.
the stone killing two Of the crew ON Dee l. 1890.
the ship Walkomming sailing from New
York 10 Bremen when her officers noticed bril-
liant meteor that appeared Ia h" bearing down
on the vessel from southeast 10 northwest ii
passed with loud roar and kissing sound aud
plunged into the sea ahead III the ship That
u was meteor Of large size was evident for n
few minutes later the shin WINS struck bv n tidal
wave Even more remarkable Was the cNpcrI
San Fmncsr" Nov e. isS "' Dn Mg" 'r severe
storm, n large aud brilliant meteor was observed
filling the air with fumes Of sulphur II passed
between the maStS 81 the ship and fell into the
sea not fifty feet from the rail
TN" Oi The greatest CIlTIustlcS possessed by
man To day ~ n supposed fragment uf comet
IN Mahnpil, Mexico The fragment is believed
something happened in space, n wreck orrurrrd
l'ielaS comet may havch ollidrd .wthE anuthrr
comet, inlnny case, the comet divided and many
living observers remember seeing the two parts
gradually separating. some fatality pursued enc
pnrlbof III" comet and it met It's fate IN INFINITE
nPa''', lloIh'ly went 10 pieces ana became A
wreck upon the shOrelCsS sca 81 space.
AsiTon9mers predicted that # the comet
itself did not appear in 1872 its wrrCi,agr would
become visible shooting stars and this pre-
dlcuoniwna realized apparently aS on Nov ~
lh12 there burst from the heavens n cloud NJ
shooting stars During III" display one piece
dropped upon the earth and was secured At MaIa.
pil Mexico and was declared 10 be- n part ui the
great comet
The average meteOrite Immediately after its
tal' Is Intensely hot, but NJ least unr which was
handlrd immediately after falling still held the
intense cold Of space \ few men can say that
above Dhurmsala kangra Punjaub Iudin
~ 1850 and u section was picked up Immediately
bN some natives who dropped II with expressions
Of pain The explosion had exposed the interior
al NE meteor which had been chilled by the IN
tense cold III space and was SO cold that its effect
WaShkc0 burn This fragment is now 10 be- s,cn
In the Field Museum Of IT, DR. harrington the
curator said This is perhaps the only instance
known where the cold ol space has become per.
ccpthe 10 human senses"