Scientific Intelligence — Astronomy. 



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The President, R. K. Greville, Esq. requested Dr. Knox to ascer- 

 tain, as far as the specimens admitted, to what species of the cetacea 

 the bones now presented to the Society belonged ; and to give in a no- 

 tice on that subject at a future meeting. 



3. Proceedings of the Society for promoting th-; Useful Arts in Scotland. 



December 7th. — There was read, the Description of the first Steam- 

 engine, invented by the Marquis of : Worcester. 



This paper forms Art. V. of the present number. 



The following papers were also laid before the Society, to be read in 

 their order at the next meeting on the 21st of December. 



1. Description of the original Machine for Drying Linen by Steam, 

 invented by the late Mr. James Watt. The Drawing and Description 

 by Mr. Watt. 



2. Description of the new Fangate Sluice, invented and erected on 

 the Steinenboch Canal by M. Blanken of Amsterdam. 



3. Description of several new Sluices, by Mr. Thom of Rothsay. 



4. Description of an Instrument called a Trigon, for solving Problems 

 in Navigation, by Mr. Burnett, Dunse. 



The following Instruments were exhibited at the Meeting :—- 



1. Mr. Burnett's Trigon. 



2. Files manufactured by M. Raoul of Paris. 



3. Specimens of Curves described by Mr. Jopling's Machine. 



Art. XXXI.— SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 



I. NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. 



astronomy. 



1. Elements of the New Comet of '1824. — This comet was discovered 



on the 23d of July by M. Scheithauer of Chemnitz ; on the 24th July 



by M. Pons at Marlia ; on the 26th July by M. Gambard of Marseilles; 



and on the 2d August by M. Harding atGottingen. The following are 



the elements of its orbit as calculated by M. Capocci, M. Carlini, and 



M. Encke: 



Capocci 



at Naples. 



D. 



Passage of Perihelion, Sept. 1824 29.0465 

 Log. of Perihelion Dist. - 0.02175 



Long of Node, - - 279° 19' 30" 



Long, of Perihelion - 4 24 36 



Inclination of Orbit - 54 41 20 



Motion direct 



M. Encke seems to have obtained other elements, which establish that 

 the comet has an hyperbolic orbit. The following are those which have 

 appeared : 



