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Dr. Wilcocks presented for publication in the Tran.sac- 

 tions, a memoir entitled: "Thoughts on the Influence of 

 Ether in the Solar System ; its relations to the Zodiacal 

 Light, Comets, the Seasons, and Periodical Shooting Stars ;" 

 which, on motion, was referred to a Committee consisting of 

 Prof. Kendall, Prof. McClune, and Mr. Marsh. 



Dr. Wilcocks read the following synopsis of the commu- 

 nication : 



The paper describes briefly the ideas entertained of Ether by the 

 Hindoos, as well as by two of the schools of Greece ; but asserts 

 that it is not by the aid of any such fluid that I shall undertake to 

 explain the cause of the phenomena mentioned in the title. My 

 only purpose in dwelling upon the ancient theories i,s, to show how 

 they have biased the minds of modern astronomers. 



The discovery of Professor Encke, I have off"ered as the first ra- 

 tional evidence of the existence of a resisting medium in space, 

 and have made a suggestion regarding the density of the Ether in 

 difi"erent parts of the solar system. 



The fiict of our intercourse with matter being altogether with 

 gross substances, I have urged as the great difficulty of appreciating 

 the nature of ether; and have proposed that while discussing the 



