Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-08-13
THE HEAVENS IN AUGUST.
one of the Months During which
shooting Stars Mny he seen.
Crrom the New York Timcs1

,,,,hor ,ooro tbar ni,e dooroos 81 d.
ciinatior mark tho noth of Tho sim. hc.
tuoou tho fret ord Tho l,et dave -; ,be
month lie snocd hcinp half as much
eroatnr n, i,s ctose ,h,n ~ is at nroeor,
b'ror, ,his I, can no MAINLY so.r th,t ,s
tho SIM rocodcs iron, inc summer sol.
stice the davs decrease more randy nm
III Tho t,nnc Of tho autumnnI oo,,inox
whom ronio1 old Sol CLOVIS a IN in order
10 givo our friends IN tbc othcr sido or
tho oouatnr ne much of his comforting
heat as possIb,o
As ros,jt of ,bis southern movement
,yo 6pd that vvborooe vc have sun.up TO-
dav AZ i2e vo cnnnot pct the old char
IA smile on us ,he last day of the
month beforo 5O7 And. Furthermore.
while he nov bids rs goodnight at Il
few minutos after : o'clock II will only
he G % when ho sinks ont of sight at the
months close So nv those antics we
find orr length of dav now to he four
toon hours thirty minutes but from this
We shall have To- take rather an hour and
a er,artor hofnre Soptomber comes to lis
rho moon loft ovcr from July falls on
the sth and as if is at that time fairly
we'll in tho southern section of the
heavens wbere II always seems much
nearer and clearer IN ne than when it
Masses high overhead nearer the zenith.
we should have some beautiful nights i'm
which "a oniov II The nhase of last
ouartering comes on the 18th and the
nov moon for Aur,,st comes on the 22nd.
followed on the 10Th nv the first quarter
The consideration of the moon. our
nenrest neiphbor in the celestial spaces
60 al,v,ve ~ oroat interest for in the
de,.cloncment of modern astronomy the
nrobIons connected with II have perhaps
created tho most fertile fold of inven-
tiou and discovery She is to he sure
much smaller Than the earth. and. com
nnrod with most of tho other heavenly
bodies y very insisni1cant affair. but
nor nroximitv makes her far more i'm
nortant ia us than any Of them. except
the sun The very beginnings of
aetroropnv SOON 10 bavo orieinated in
tho study of her NATIONS and in the
phenomena which she causes in connec-
tior with tides and ecljpses August and
Novemher are the months most noted
for rnoteroric showers or shooting stars
The name Perseids il given to the swarm
that Is particularly allotted to the
month and they arc far more numerous
in the earlier norton Of the month than
later
While the November shooting stars
move more sviftIv and are of a greenish
or bluish tint with vivid and persistant
traine those wa arc now exnecting are
of a more vellowish color and move with
rar ,cse ,,o,ocitv and have worry antl,.
heen called celestial fredies. The diff
ference in velncities Of these heavenly
rroioctilcs coun,res not unfavorahlv
with orr imnroved modern artillery,
u.hicb ,ivoe 90 much increase of velocity
o,.or ITO, of tho old time smooth bore
g,rs ana tho Hack nowders The Per-
ccide are tho old inhabitants Of the
soIor svetou, ubereas the I.eonids-thc
ran,o Ior Tho Novombor ehowers-are
comnorativelv newcomers II is claimed
tbnt ,hore is verv close connection
hat,,oor comets and metoors and there
ara thaor;sts u,ho etata that Il 10 worry
,,a,;hio ,ho. oornts are swarns ~
n,osai,. nocrod ,noteors
W,,,iIo H. ,,on.b dnds the n,apets in
,, n,,, roaa, ~ hail., o,,t tho nros,ra N,
nrronnod for our midsummer's am1ise-
49,, ,ha,.., NO ,,o+ nav, strilxing MN
,a,s ,ha, uo,,,d attract arv verv snecial
atta,,tin,, W. ba,a ono more tha,, tho
,,,,,ai ,,,,,,,,or of meetirgs between tho
rl,ro,s and tbe moon as Uranus re-
lad.' ",'' a. tbo "A ana tho
sooond ~ ,hn qo,b 1neso mce,inps are
na, ~ a nortic,,,ar,v cordiaI na,ure tho
d,,,.o,oa "a tat,,,onn tbo Two hnavenIv
49, hoi,c- aha,,. tha cave on ION
-. 49,, e,,t.a 900 mra,+ 70 adrit
~ attractivnnaes
-, ,l,,h t.ra,,,. ,Y, ho In o,,adra.
.+n, ,,If,,,n' ~, h;, ,o,,r,,o,, 70 conirnr-
'ie' ,t,. w., W" ms thnratoro ws Tnd
", ,iVI w. Wv '' ,o,.,
Sa,,,r,, Eva Emo f''iiine moon are ot
~ iia,ast -, the ~ hut IN ,bat A..
ui. XXX ~, ela,to afraot &c sroilad n,
'''".' ~ ;.a.,,si,, t,,. W. ,,oy. nova
go eo" ,Ii"''i me- l S,''nS 'oN' j., ,,hicf
-. ,,i,I lr,,Io ,hro,,.,ho,,t tho
uaa, ,,,o ,'anr p"farri,,s for q mo.
rs, v. ''.J 49, ,a,,iona,
'"'"' ~ Nv ,n,t, .,ro,o,,,i,.ai ,,,i,,d.
,,,o 1n,.,',i,iod ~, Satu,,'s rings can
nav u'tei HlIHou 'i'' Saul ~ i''h" "''