On the Meteors of 13th November, 1833. 



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The relative positions of the earth, the comet and the sun, will, 

 however, be more readily understood from the following diagram, 

 constructed from the foregoing table. 



Fig. 6. 



The circle represents the earth's path, and the ellipse that of the comet. They 

 «et out together at the comet's aphelion, and revolve in the same direction around 

 the sun, until the comet has performed an entire revolution. 



It is manifest from the diagram, that immediately after the con- 

 junction of November 13th, the comet would be projected, as seen 

 from the earth, to the eastward of the sun, and would continue to be 

 seen in this situation until about 70 days, or the latter part of January, 

 when the line of projection passes to the western side of the sun, and 

 continues there to near 112 days, or the 5th of March, when it re- 

 turns to the eastward of the sun, and remains there until the circuit is 

 completed, namely, the 14th of May. About the 29th Dec, it would 

 be seen at the greatest possible distance from the sun. These results 



