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tion to the value, of u, and thence the values of the elements 

 themselves. The elements as thus determined were/ 



Elements I. 

 Epoch, 1896 October 23.5, Greenwich Mean Time. 

 M = 499''-9877 



> 1 896.0 



With these elements an ephemeris of the comet was computed 

 and published in Astronomical Journal, Nos. 383, 386, 389. 



A later and fuller comparison of the ephemeris with the 

 observed places of the comet showed that Elements I did not 

 represent the motion as well as had been expected. Five normal 

 places of the two appearances were formed and from them cor- 

 rections found to the mean daily motion, a, and to the mean 

 anomaly of epoch, L. The corrections thus found were, 



Afi ^ — c/''.oo4 



Applying these corrections to Elements I, I have : 



Elements IL 



1 "Note on the Periodic Comet of Brooks and Javelle," As/r. Jour., No. 380, 

 P- 175. 



