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Show Here'n a Xcw TIipoij- of Comiti. IaIUht Peurct Acica- rlr. JiMiti'H, Aucho nouuly, Dec, .1, 1602. An there la a good deal al speculation at the presint time in re latlou to comets, I propose tho llieorj that coiuela are vast trains of mo'.oirs traveling In ipaco describing urbila around lomo elelliille center. To Illustrate: There done comet belonging belong-ing to the aolar system, making a period ol revolution lu 111 orbit ol about thirty yean, whose orbit Inltr-tecbi Inltr-tecbi that of the earth. The earth I niuea through Iho tall of this cornel ubout tho Olh of October of each Jirir, shown by the fait Hint ut that time mideon are noil more frequently than nt any oilier time, aud approaches to Its head nr nucleus nearer i li year w lilcb It dually cnlersnnd uKutlitougli. This oiourihte took plnco once In thu year 1631 when tho Bulnln were drlvin out of ilh-ourl, when blitory relates that a great nieteorlo exhibition took place. Ihlrty J oars before Huron Humbolt relatea ft similar event ui occurring when ho wai traveling lu the Andes ol rioulh America. Ihlrty j wits allrrtho some j henomeuou was wltiiemml lu Kuropo but not In thl) liimil-ptiirt. And now , ihlrty years from tlin latt event, we Lavn li on al le towltueiwa similar occurrence. I tt poislblc that the luminous ringaarnund the plaint Haturn urn two trulna of nutcor decrlhlng their orblti aroiiuf that pluuet. Your ttuly, H. (1. I. tlin. |
