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III. Extract of a Letter from J. R. Crowe, Esq., British Consul- 

 General of Norway, to Dr. Lee, dated Alten, February 22, 1844. 

 Communicated by Dr. Lee. 



" The observatory at Alten, as you are aware, is the most northern 

 in the world. We shall very shortly commence the series of prepa- 

 ratory transit observations you suggest. We had intended to have 

 done so before ; but the cold, since the sun revisited us on the 2nd 

 instant, has been so intense that we have not been able ; the eye was 

 no sooner brought near the glass than the latter was covered with a 

 coating of ice. It was even dangerous to touch the metal. The 

 thermometer has been varying from 24° to 28° below zero of Celsius, 

 that is, from 12° to 20° below the zero of Fahrenheit, or from 44° 

 to 52° below the freezing point .... It wiU be interesting to see 

 what the minimum thermometer will exhibit at the top of the Stor- 

 vandsfeldt by the end of next month. We shall then attempt the 

 ascent, as by that time the surface of the snow becomes so hard as 

 to bear walking upon with impunity." 



IV. Elliptic Elements of Bremicker's Comet. Computed by Mr. 

 William Gotze. Communicated by Mr. Rumker, and also by Pro- 

 fessor Schumacher. Stated in the Society's Monthly Notices, vol. 

 vi. p. 78. 



V. Elements of the Comet of Faye, 1843-4. Corrected by the 

 Observations at Greenwich on Jan. 22, Feb. 19, 20 and 22; Paris, 

 on||Dec. 2; Cambridge, on Dec. 8 and 16; at Berlin, on Dec. 17 ; 

 Hamburg, on Jan. 23 ; and Starlield, on January 13, and Feb. 19 

 and 22. By J. R. Hind, Esq. Communicated by the Rev. R. 

 Main. 



Epoch, 1844, Jan. TO, Greenwich n>ean time. 



Mean longitude 60 30 0-2 



Longitude of perihelion on orbit... 50 34 ]9*0 Mean equinox. 

 Argument of latitude in perihelion. 201 24 13*1 



.'.Q^ 209 10 5-9 



Inclination 1121 28 



Angle of eccentricity 33 30 523 



Mean daily sidereal motion 477"-56329 



Log. semi-axis major 0"5806505 



^ Period of sidereal revolution, 7' "'43 



Direct. 



