riaXJliESS OF ASTKO.N'UMV FOR ls;»l AND ISiti; 



705 



tied \)\ l>rc\('i" willi :i iit'lmhi discox rit'd by 1 leiscliel. and is, tlieret'oie, 

 to I»c sti-ick<'ii rnmi llir list ol'lost comets. 



ll.pn. 



■Iciiii Ills nf Hu- 



ll' /.v.''/ iillil ISH. 



Desiuiiation. 



I'eriliolioii T 

 ((irt'emvicli 

 mean time). 



ISill r. 



tl. 



III. 



IV. 



V. 



18H-J I. 



II- 



III. 



lA". 



V. 



XI. 



1893 I. 



De.siuiia- 

 tion. 



IM I 



II 



I II 



IV 



\' 



if.' I 



II 



III 



IV 



\" 



VI 



IX'.Ci. 



1 



18!»1. 

 1891. 

 1891, 

 IS'Jl, 

 1801, 

 18<)2, 

 1S!)2, 

 ]8i)2, 

 1892, 

 1892, 

 1892, 

 1893. 



.\l.r. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Ni)V. 



Nov. 



Ai.f. 



ilay 



June 



Juno 



Dec. 

 Dec. 

 Jan. 



172 

 ISI! 



29<i 

 24(1 



104 

 2(l(! 

 21)4 

 185 



120 31 



25 1 5 



12 55 



77 43 



U. 397 



1 . 5'.t2 0. .557 



0. 340 0.8J7 



0.977 



1.087 i 0.653 



1.027 0.999 



1.971 



2.140 0.410 



0. 8St> 0. 7211 



1. 129 0.5X1 



0, 97(1 



1.195 



Date 



if (li.scov 



ery. 



1891 



I'.arnanl Mar. 29 



Spitaler May 1 



I'.aniard Aiij;. I 



I'.arnard Oct. 2 



I'.ai-iianl .* Sept. 27 



1892 



Swilt j JIar. 7 



Diiiiiinu Mar. 18 



Holmes Nov. fi 



1891 « 



1891^ I AVolfseomel. I'<Ti<><l (i. S year.-. 



1891<: EliL'ke's comet. I'ei'ioil 3* years. 



IS91c 



miiel .-Suill . reriod 5. 5 vi-ar- 



1X91 ./ 



Spitaler. 

 Barnard 



Mar. 18 

 Oct. 12 



I'rooks I A iijx. 28 



i 

 Kro.)k.s I Nov. 19 



AIHTK()I{S. 



A HiiP siiowcr of iiit'tcors. radiatiiiu IVom ihc iicii^hhorliood of y \\\- 

 dronicda-, was seen in tlic Tnitpd tStatcs and Canada on liic ni,!,'-lit of 

 the L'.'ld of Novcnibpr, 18!>L'. There seems to be no doubt that it was a 

 part of the great stream eoniieeted witli Biehi's eomet, which was en- 

 countered on the 2Stli of November, 1872 and 18X5. On tliese two oc- 

 casions the eartli probably passeil throuuli the main swarm, while in 

 18U2 it passed sonu*. days earlier tliroiiiih an associated branch of it. 

 i''rom a (comparison of the positions of the comet and of the dates of 

 the meteoric sliowers in 1708, 18;')8. and 1872 Prof. ]S'ewton was lon^ 

 ai^o led to conclude ''that a long, extended group of nieleor ]>aiticles 

 must accom])any ilic c(»mcl in its periodical rc\-oIution, preceding it to 

 ir. Mis. 114 15 



