The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-12
i.fCTS LBOTT NETEORS
Fragment of n Comets TRil-Th- Intense
Cold of space folt by Man.

The atmosphere forms nm arnlur which T. alu, Il
imprurtrahle to the mctrorS that arr constantly
peltiug the Garth Most Of the mrtrprs arr small
They come rushing through space. sirihr tI,
atmosphere, and tn" friction gainsi IL" molecules
Of air heats them 10 a white heat aud srts them
ahln2r Sometimes pnrt II one may reach the
earth. but az q rule they are consumed and the
dust alone cosmic dust drops upon the 'airftrr
One of thc EARL, II known mct-Ors fell ~ 2Oi e
in PhrvgiG where for 4 long umrit was wur
shipped twas carried to Rome and was SUP.
posed 1" be- amesSengcr from the gods Ivy
describes = Showcr"f metrOnc stones The people
were greatly alarmed aTd tn" Senators were ii
moralilcd and declared n nine days festival To-
propiIaw the gods There Is at Mecca n meteor
tie which fell in 600 \ u and Is still wursnipp"d
by IN" faithful In Chinese literature there T.,
mention ~ metcors which fell In Ga Is G. The
oldest Snown mctrortc which was seen tu hll
Is now on exhibition Al EuSishrim Nlsacr Ger
many. In 1902 it came crashing down through
the ar with a roar that Frustrated IN" p"nsaruv
with fright 1t buried Itself deeply IN tho earth
II weighed 26O pounds and hangs 10 day IN tho
parish church
The Chupadrros mccnritr. which weighed
twenty five tons, fell in Chihuahua. Mexico.
The largest mctc0ritc known Is the Prary stone
which weighs approximately on" hundred tons
The stone Of Canon Diabl. weighs at least ten
Tons and exploded high IN air. the pieces being
inlnd all over the surrounding country IN
italy several instances are known Of IN" loss II
w." from mcienr'rs peasant was sitting IN
his cabin and was killed by an iron mass Tint
crashed through The roof the nc, was regarded
NJ visitation Of divine anger The city NJ Milan
Is perhaps the only ON" that has been struck by
n m"rOrIte, \ mcrpTIt" ut several pounds
weight fell in the heart 81 that city IN the year
1860, on the authority Of PABLO Maria TcIzayo
and struck a Franciscan monk
More remarkable are IA" fall, AT sea. That
2 ship should b" struck would seem an cNtraur
binary chance, yet n Swedish ship was 50 struck.
the stone killing two Of the crow ON Dec /. $500
the ship WhkOmmiug was sailing from New
York 10 Bremen when her officers noticed n bril-
lihnt meteor that appeared Ia h" bearing down
on the vessel from southeast Ia northwest II
passed with loud roar and kissing sound and
plunged into the sea ahead III the ship That
II was meteor Of large size was evident, for n
few minutes later the ship was struck by n TIDAL
wave Even more remarkable Was the cNpcri
San Francisco Nov, 20, 1897 During a severe
storm, large. aud brilliant meteor was observed
iilllng the air with fumes 81 sulphur II passed
between the masts 81 the ship and fell into the
SEES not fifty feet from the rail
TN" Of The greatest CurusiiicS possessed by
man To day ~ supposed fragment 81 n comet
IN NJ Mahapl McSlc% lhr iTagmrn, Is believed
something happened in SPACE, wreck occurred
l''ela's comet may havchollidcd .withR anuthrr
comet: inlany ease the comet divided and many
hNlnH observers remember seeing the two paris
gradually separating some fatality pursued onc
parlbf III" comet and it met It's fate IN INFINITE
r,. ,toln'F went 70 pieces anu Ic'hmch
ASTRONOMERS predicted that II the comet
,tSei did not appear in 1872 Its wrcCkagc would
become, visible as shooting stars, and this pre-.
dicloniwnn realized apps rently aS on Nov -,
lh'2, there burst from the heavens n cloud III
shooting STAR. During tn" display one piece
dropped upon the earth and was secured At MaIa.
rll M"NIr", and was declared 10 b" part ut III"
great comet
m" average meteorte Immediately after It's
ial Is Intensely hot, but nj least one. which was
hahdlrd Immediately after falling still held the
ln'"nS" cold Of space \ few men can say that
they have experienced this. \ mrlrnrlic exploded
above DhurmSala kangra, Puniaub India
~ 1900, ana section was picked up Immediately
ny some natives who dropped II with expressions
Of pain. The explosion had exposed the intrriur
ui The meteor which had been chilled by the IN
tense cold ui space and was cold that its effect
WasHkra burn This fragment is now 10 be- seen
III IN" Field Museum. OF it, DIR, Harrington, the
curator SAID This Is perhaps the only instance
KNOWN where the cold oi space has become per.
ccplihlc 10 human senses"