SOLAR ECLIPSE, MAY G, 1883. 



97 



"For the purpose of coinparisou we append analyses of ocean water, by Forchhammer, taken 

 from Watts' Olieni. Diet., vol. VlII, ]). 1J13.5; b.v ScHMELCK, from Seience, vol. IF, p. 42, and analysis 

 of water from the Irish Channel, Watts' Chem. Diet., vol. VIIL, p. 213.5. 



"Very re.spectfully, 



- " STILLW ELL & GLADDING. 

 "Mr. WiNSLOW Upton, Washington. T). C." 



Mr. Upton has kindly forwarded this note, with the following niemorandinn: 

 "The analysis was liniited to the fonr principal constituents on account of the small quantity 

 ot water available. It will he seen that the essential ditt'erence between the analysis and the 

 others given is the amount of chlorine, which was estimated twice by very careful du]dicate 

 analyses. Tlie lagoon water is more like that from the Irish Channel than like ocean water; that 

 is, it is slightly /)e.s/(e>-. Since the lagoon has free outlets it is presumable that a similar analysis 

 would have resulted from water taken from the ocean in the vicinity." 



v.— OBSERVATIONS OF L'3 NEW DOUBLE STARS BY MESSRS. HOLDEN AND 



HASTINGS. 



During our stay on the island Dr. Hastings and myself spent two or three hours of each 

 clear night (with a few exceptions) in examining the southern sky, which is tilled with objects of 

 great interest to an observer who has only seen the stars visible from northern latitudes. 



In the course of this examination the following list of 23 new double and ."> new red stars was 

 found. Our days were usually full of work, and more time was not spent in the observatories at 

 night as it wa.'? impossible to liave a quiet sleep in the day-time, owing to our contracted quarters. 



It is clear, however, from this short list, that a stay of a year or two in the southern hemi- 

 sphere would yield a rich retui-n to an observer who went proiterly equipped. Probably Quito or 

 Santiago de Chili would be the most eligible station. 



During the voyage from Callao to Caroline Island, and from the island to Honolulu, Mr. 

 Upton made a number of observations of variable stars, which will be communicated by him to 

 the Harvard College Observatory. 

 S. Mis. 110 13 



