The Comet

Which is visible in the northern part of the heavens, a writer in the N. Y. Evening Post of Sept 7 thinks is the same which was observed from Chillicothe about the 14th of May last.- “The progress then says he, has been nearly from S. W. by S. to N. E. by N. and it has advanced in that direction about 70 degrees.  It will probably disappear to the northward, and it is presumed will be seen above the horizon during the whole night before its total disappearance.

    “On the 4th it was cloudy in the N. W. but knowing it would rise a little before 3 o’clock this morning, the writer of this article rose at 4 o’clock, and saw it very plainly in the N. E. according to his expectations. Astronomers who are provided with the necessary instruments, will, it is believed, have several months in which they can make observations, and to better advantage a few weeks hence, than at present.”

 






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How to cite this article:  "The Comet," Farmer's Repository (Charlestown [West Virginia]), 20 Sept. 1811, pg. 2, available at http://history.hanover.edu/texts/1811.