234 



POOR 



mals a correction to the mean motion, ;i, was found ; this cor- 



A//r= — 0^^.014, 



rection being 



The resulting elements represent the three appearances in a very 

 satisfactory manner. Applying this correction to Elements II, 

 I have for my approximate elements : 



Elements III. 

 Epoch, 1896 October 23.5 Greenwich Mean Time. 



1S96.0 



and these elements were made the basis of all subsequent work 

 and definitive corrections to them found from all the available 

 observations of the first two appearances and the first few obser- 

 vations of the third appearance in 1903. 



Applying to Elements III the perturbations, including those 

 of Venus, I have for the osculating elements which represent 

 the first and the third appearances : 



Y 1903-0 



B. Observations of the Comet. 



First Appearance i88g to i8gi. 



12. The comet was discovered on July 6, 1889, by William 

 R. Brooks, at Smith Observatory, Geneva, New York, and was 



