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1877

Leverrier and Vulcan

April 1, 2011 by Donna

Monthly Notices, 20-98, tells that in 1859, an amateur astronomer named Dr. Lescarbault, of Orgeres, France, announced that he had seen, on March 26 of that year, “a body of planetary size cross the sun.” He contacted the astronomer Leverrier (discoverer of the planet Neptune), who cross-examined him, to his satisfaction, and called this body “Vulcan.” … [Read more...] about Leverrier and Vulcan

Objective hieroglyphics

February 2, 2011 by Donna

The Monthly Weather Review of May 1877 reported a golden-yellow fall on Feb. 27, 1877 at Peckloh, Germany of “four kinds of organisms, not pollen.” The minute things, that Fort says “may have been symbols” were minute things shaped like “arrows, coffee beans, horns, and disks.” Fort further says, “They may have been objective … [Read more...] about Objective hieroglyphics

Some of us will revolt against the insistence of the faithful

October 11, 2010 by Donna

A huge ball of green fire fell in a gale of Oct. 14, 1877, as described in Nature, Oct. 25, 1877, London Times, Oct. 15, 1877, Nature, 17-10. Fort writes, “There are so many instances that some of us will revolt against the insistence of the faithful that it is only coincidence, and accept that there is connection of the kind called causal. If it is too difficult to think … [Read more...] about Some of us will revolt against the insistence of the faithful

Some of us will revolt against the insistence of the faithful

October 11, 2010 by Donna

A huge ball of green fire fell in a gale of Oct. 14, 1877, as described in Nature, Oct. 25, 1877, London Times, Oct. 15, 1877, Nature, 17-10. Fort writes, “There are so many instances that some of us will revolt against the insistence of the faithful that it is only coincidence, and accept that there is connection of the kind called causal. If it is too difficult to think … [Read more...] about Some of us will revolt against the insistence of the faithful

Huddled together like a flock of wild geese

September 16, 2010 by Donna

The (1877-152) Report of the British Association gives an account of a “group of ‘meteors’ that traveled with 'remarkable slowness’,” in sight for about three minutes. They “left no train,” were “seemingly huddled together like a flock of wild geese,” and moved “with the same velocity and grace of … [Read more...] about Huddled together like a flock of wild geese

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