4(j8 Nautical Almanac . — White' i Ephemeris. — New Vianet. 



i!fi, the crashing of the timber in the houses, moving of tlie 

 chairs, jingling of the fiie-irons, glasses, &c. &c. It was felt for 

 several miles round the village, and seemed to commence in the 

 north-west, passing the village and its vicinity in a south-easterly 

 direction, where it subsided. 



ON THE NAUTICAL ALMANAC. 



To Mr. Tilloch. 



Dec. 9, 1819. 

 SiR,^ — A writer in the last Number of your valualije Miscellany 

 has made a serious and a very proper charge against the publishers 

 of the Nautical Almanac, for not having a sufficient number of 

 copies printed for the use of the public. In addition to the in- 

 conveniences arising from that circumstance, I would draw the 

 attention of the public to those which arise from another and a 

 similar source. It has been publicly stated that there is a printed 

 list of the enors in the Nautical Almanac for the ensuing year 

 (1820), which extends to four pages ! ! 1 On this information I 

 immediately sent to the publisher for that list ; but was informed 

 " that there were not any of them left." Now, sir, whether the 

 jiublisher intends to favour the world with a reprint of that list, 

 I do not know: but, I hope, after this hint, that the conductors 

 of that national work will have ready in his shop, for the use of 

 the public, not only a sufficient number of copies of the Nautical 

 Almanac itself, but likewise the several lists of errata which, to 

 the discredit of that work, it is now found so necessary to pro- 

 vide. The Board of Longitude contains some of the most re- 

 spectable names in the country; men of honour and of science ; 

 and who cannot be supposed indifferent to any negligence on this 

 subject. I am, sir, your obedient servant, 



Philaster. 



WHITE S EPHEMERIS. 



In this Almanac for 1820 a typographical error occurs which 

 may for a moment perplex those who use it, if not attended to. 

 Throughout the year the svnibol for the Sun is placed at the 

 head of the Heliocentric longitude of the Earth instead of the 

 mark for the Earth. It now stands, Heliocentric Long, of the 

 Sun ! ! The mark for tlie Earth is omitted in the *' Aslrono- 

 rftlcal Characters explained." 



NEW planet. 



The numerous recent observations of new comets have been 



matter of surprise to astronomers. Their nunvier however will 



be now lessened. An astronomer of some eminence having lately 



been occupied in arranging and reducing their orbits into order, 



has 



