156 i.ianr MUKNUK voit LIUM/UK 



li :i|)|. .n . in Mi- telescope as ;i nearly round nehu- 

 lomfy, in which thn li^ht JIHTCJIHCH rapidly towards Mm 

 coiifrn, where, on Honin occasions, I dotocted) I holievo, 

 i Mi.ill stellar mi. -I. -ii.:. (icnerally, this iniuulc nucleus 



u.i . H&quot;l to ho (Nnl illMlliHllcd In MM- |.n--lil r.-nl i:d p;u j 



of I, IK* num-i. | ln Hprrl.riun (MHiHinlH lor lh&amp;lt;- nio.sl. 

 part of l.lnvn liri^lil, haiidn. The Icn^lli ol l,lic handn 

 in tu6 inni riiincnt ihowi (lint, ilicy arn n&amp;lt;l, due .-ili.in- 

 l.o Mir Hh llar nucleus, hill, arn produced hy Mm li^hl, 

 of MIC hri^lilcr porMons of Mm coma. I took sonic 



pains i.o Irani (he precise character of these luminous 



I .mds. When MIC slil. was wid&amp;lt;^ Micy rcscmhlcd MIC 

 expanded linen HCCII in noino ^MHCH. AM MIC slil. was 

 iiKnln narrow MIC l.vvo fainl.cr hands ap|)c!ircd l,o 1 ado 

 mil, willionl, hccoinino- more defined. I was nnahlo to 

 rosolvc Mi. -in into lines. Tim middle hand, which is so 

 nmcli hiio|,r,M- Mian MIC olh&amp;lt;-rs lhai i(, may h&amp;lt;^ con- 

 Hidored !o rcprcHciil, prohahly Mircc-lonrllis, or nearly 

 HO; of Mm whole of Mie lio|,|, which we receive from Mie 

 eomef, appears l,o possess similar characters. In this 

 hand, however, I dntooUul occaHionally two hri^hl lines 

 which appear to he shorter than Mm hand, and may he 

 &amp;lt;lll(% ln lll iinclens its&amp;lt; lf. .... Besides these bright 

 hands Miere was a very faint continuous spectrum/ 



Inlerpreliiin; those ohserval i(ns according to Mie 

 priiM-ipN H which hav^ heen aJivady Hfa.l&amp;lt;&amp;gt;d, we deduce 

 Mie following iutoroHUit n&amp;gt;Hul(H. 



The ntn-li na &amp;gt;f Mrorsou s comet consists of luminous 

 tfiis. The tvniti is also gaseous in (he ueiohhourhood 

 ll &quot; &amp;gt; nucleus, hut its ouler porMons are of a ditVerent 



