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ynging to-a aystem of stars, stars really double, visible to 
eye; and which are consequently, the more 
at and the Saree tous. Such ase. g. Nos. 16 6 and 1 
and the two » in the Dragon, Nos. 4 and 5 in the Lyre, the 
two « of the Balance, ¢ of the Great Bear, and the well 
known star d’alcor r, &e. e find a remarkable confirma- 
tion of this opinion in the circumstance already observed by 
Bessel that some of these pairs have a common and peculiar 
movement; such for example, are No. 36 of the Serpent 
and 30 of the Scorpion, and the two stars above mentioned 
in the tail of the Great Bear. It is also well worthy of re- 
mark that it frequently happens that sometimes one 
stars of these couples, sometimes, yas are themselves double 
in the wextet acceptation of the w 
Am 
dred and eighty-six stars of the first to the fifth magnitude 
which are in the charts of Harding, the cases in which there 
would be three within a circle of one degree in diameter are 
ony one fourth of a time, that is, not at all, while it does in 
nebule before unkno 
[The a a Re world will doubtless review with interest 
and gratitude the remar beating sab ormance, the general re- 
of which are given in the receding report. Every 
one may appreciate the toil which tthe execution of this task, 
in a climate so Berg as that of Livonia, must have cost 
its indefatigable author; and must cherish the desire that 
M ruve may continue: for a long time to pursue his im- 
portant eed: with the fine instrument which he em- 
ber 831 with so much Ka ga }—A. Gautier, Bib, Univ. 
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