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He speaks of “ the rising greatness of the American States, 
_ both in the northern and southern hemispheres, as having 
led to the establishment of universities in various parts of 
that immense continent.” hat a severe though silent 
reproach upon that ‘ rising greatness’ is it, that he could 
not add ‘ the establishment o observatories’ also! We 
we shall pa a short f catslogus from the list of moon-cul- _ 
minating stars of 18 quarto pages, which he has annexed — 
to his paper, for the year 1825. The es 59 i ag of 
this catalogue is, to enable observers to find those stars 
most favourably situated for observation, which will also 
most probably be observed by astronomers in Europe.— 
This list is mostly taken from a German periodical publi- 
cation, entitled Astronomische Nacrrichten, conducted by 
Professor Schumacher, who has been very active in pro- 
a this method of finding the longitude, and of whose 
r. Baily speaks in terms of strong approbation.— 
The following list contains at least one star for every day 
in the year favourable for observation. ‘The numbers pre- 
fixed denote the numbers in Flamstead’s Catalogue, unless 
enclosed in a parenthesis, in which case, they refer to 
Piazzi’s Catalogue. 
