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already been done for those between the first and the fifth, the exten- 

 sion given to our present means of observation would be an advance 

 in the science of stellar astronomy of which it would scarcely be pos- 

 sible to exaggerate the importance." 



Professor Boweii read an extract from a lecture of Professor 

 Faraday, on " Conservation of Force," and remarked upon it 

 as expressing views remarkably coincident with those of- 

 fered by him in the paper read at a late meeting. 



Professor William B. Rogers criticised the views in question 

 at some length, and the subject of the nature of force was fur- 

 ther discussed by Dr. Holmes, Dr. W. F. Channing, and Pro- 

 fessors Bowen and Treadwell. 



Dr. B. A. Gould, Jr. gave a history and description of the 

 Calculating Engine of Babbage, and also of that of Mr. 

 Scheutz of Stockholm, which was exhibited at the Paris In- 

 dustrial Exhibition, and has since been purchased for the 

 Albany Observatory. 



