AJlronomy. 91 



The wine made at AHcant is divided into fever'al kinds : 

 ift, Mofcatel or Malmfy, which is white and fweet : 2d, 

 Aloque, which is red, 8cc. and employed in the country for 

 common ufe : 3d, Fendellon, which is that fwcet wine known 

 in foreign countries under the name of Alicant wine, 



SOCIETY OF EMULATION AT ROUEN. 



This fociety has propofed the following queftion : — To in- 

 dicate for dyeing fpun cotton of a red colour fimilar to that 

 called Indian red, a procefs which fhall require only fix de- 

 fecations. 



The dyed fpecimens will be fubjeclxd to the fame proofs 

 as thofe dyed in the beft dye-houfes of Rouen ; like them 

 they muft withftand the action of foap and that of the nitric 

 acid. 



The prize will be a gold medal of the value of 600 francs 

 (25 1. fterling), and will be adjudged in the public fitting of 

 Thermidor 7, year 11 (July 26, 1803). 



The memoirs, written in French or in Latin, muft be 

 tranfmitted, poft paid, to C. Auber, fecretary for correfpond- 

 ence, at the Central School, before the 25th of Meffidor, 

 year 11 (July 14, 1803). 



XVIJI. Intelligence and Mifcellaneous Articles, 

 ASTRONOMY. 



HE planet difcovered by Mr. Olbers, of Bremen, on the 

 28th of March has been calculated by C. Burckhardt, who, 

 after long and laborious operations, has found the elements 

 of this planet in the following manner : — Afcending node, 

 17,2° 28' 57 /7 ; perihelion, 122° 3' 2"; mean longitude March 

 31ft, 162° 51/ 14-2"; inclination, 34 50' 40"; mean di- 

 fiance from the fun or greater fetni-axis, 2791 ; eccentricity, 

 0-2463; diurnal fidereal motion, i2 / 40 , 84 // : fidereal revolu- 

 tion, 1703 days 7-tenths. C. Burckhardt has been obliged 

 to calculate the perturbations which this planet experiences 

 from the attraction of Jupiter, and which occafioned very 

 fenfible differences in the obferved places : but thefe calcula- 

 tions are very complex, on account of the great inclination 

 and great eccentricity of that planet. ' Lalande. 



The orbit of the planet of lbers, calculated by C. Burck- 

 hardt, the elements of which we have publifhed, agrees with- 

 in a few feconds with the obfervation made on the 26th by 

 9 Meflier. 



