August I, 1889] 



NATURE 



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Comets 1888 e (Barnard, September 2) and 1889 b 

 (Barnard, March 31), — The following ephemerides are in 

 continuation of those given in Nature, 1889 July 11, p. 255 : — 



Aug. 



The Vienna Observatory. — We have received two volumes 

 of the publications of this Observatory, viz. the Annals for 1885 

 and 1886 {Annalen der k. k. Univ. Steni'ivarte in Wien, 

 Wiihrins^, Band v. and vi.). The former contains three sections, 

 viz. (i) observations with the meridian circle in 1884, being 

 Zones 119 to 198 of the observations of Santini's stars south of 

 the equator ; (2) corrections and notes to sundry catalogues, 

 particularly to Oeltzen's catalogues of Argelander's zones and to 

 the zone catalogues of Lamont and of the Washington Observa- 

 tory ; and (3) measures of double-stars made by Drs. Holetschek 

 and Hepperger. The latter volume contains observations of 

 minor planets and comets made with the Clark ii^-inch re- 

 fractor, the Fraunhofer 6-inch, and the great Grubb telescope of 

 27-inch aperture, and meteorological observations made in the 

 years 1885 and 1886. There is an apparently unobserved erratum 

 on p. 115 of the former section. The observation on 1885 Oc- 

 tober 3, said to be of Klymene (No. 104) is really of llsa (No. 

 249). It is given correctly under the latter planet. 



ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA FOR THE 

 WEEK 1889 AUGUST 4-10. 



/X7OR the reckoning of time the civil day, commencing at 

 ^ Greenwich mean midnight, counting the hours on to 24, 



is here employed.) 



At Greenwich on August 4 



Sun rises, 4h. 31m. ; souths, I2h. 5m. 5o-is. ; daily decrease of 

 southing, 5-6s. ; sets, I9h. 41m, : right asc. on meridian, 

 8h. 58 -Sm. ; decl. 17° 8' N. Sidereal Time at Sunset, 

 l6h. 3Sm. 

 Moon (at First Quarter August 4, I3h.) rises, I2h. 50m. ; souths, 

 i8h. im. ; sets, 2311. im. : right asc. on meridian, 

 551m. ; decl. 12° 8' S. 



Right asc. and decIinatioD 

 on meridian, 

 h. m. „ , 



I4h. 



Planet. 



Mercury. 

 Venus.... 



Mars 



Jupiter... 

 Saturn . . . 

 Uranus .. 



Rises, 

 h. m. 



4 2 

 I o 

 3 6 



17 8 



5 23 

 10 47 



Neptune.. 23 29*. 



Souths, 

 h. m. 



II 53 

 9 o 



11 9 

 21 I 



12 47 

 16 16 



7 18 



Sets, 

 h. m. 



19 44 

 17 O 



19 12 



o 54* 



20 II 



21 45 

 15 7 



8 45-6 



5 52-3 



8 2-4 

 17 56-0 



9 40-2 

 13 9-4 



4 10-3 



19 41 N. 

 21 o N. 

 21 31 N. 

 23 23 .«. 

 15 10 N. 

 6 44 S. 

 19 24 N. 



• Indicates that the rising is that of the preceding evening and the setting 

 that of the following morning. 



Aug. 

 7 



20 

 20 



Occultation of the planet Jupiter by the Moon. 



Disap. at I9h. 4m. Reap, at 2oh. im. 



Angles from vertex to right for inverted 



image 25° and 290° respectively. The Sun 



sets at I9h. 35m. 

 Mercury in superior conjunction with the Sun. 

 Jupiter in conjunction with and 1° 6' south 



of the Moon. 



The Perseids 



Near 41 Arietis 

 From Camelopardus 

 Near j Cygni 



THE NEWCASTLE MEETING OF THE 

 BRITISH ASSOCIATION. 



A CTIVE preparations are now being made for the Newcastle 

 ■^ meeting of the Briti^h Association, and it is expected that 

 the proceedings will be of more than usual interest. The 

 meeting will be held from September ir to 19. At the first 

 general meeting, on September II, at 8 p.m.. Sir F. Bramwell, 

 F.R.S., will resign the chair, and Prof. Flower, C.B., F. R. S., 

 the President-elect, will assume the presidency, and deliver an 

 address. The different Sections will assemble on the following 

 morning for the reading and discussion of reports and other 

 communications. The following are the Presidents of the 

 Sections : — (A) Mathematical and Physical Science, Captain 

 W. de W. Abney, R.E., C.B., F.R.S. ; (B) Chemical 

 Science, Sir I. Lowthian Bell, F. K.S. ; (C) Geology, Prof. 

 James Geikie, F.R.S. ; (D) Biology, Pi of. J. S. Burdon- 

 Sanderson, F.R.S. ; (E) Geography, Col. Sir F. De VVinton, 

 K.C.M.G. ; (F) Economic Science and Statistics, Prof. F. Y. 

 Edgeworth, M.A. ; (G) Mechanical Science, Mr. William 

 Anderson, M.Inst.C.E. ; (H) Anthropology, Prof. Sir VV. 

 Turner, F.R.S. 



On Thursday evening, September 12, there will be a soir/e ; 

 on Friday evening, September 13, Prof. W. C. Roberts Au-ten, 

 F.R.S., will deliver a discourse on " The Hardening and Tem- 

 pering of Steel " ; on Saturday evening, September 14, Mr. B. 

 Baker will deliver a discourse on "The Forth Bridge"; on 

 Monday evening, September 16, Mr. Walter Gardiner will de- 

 liver a discourse on " How Plants Maintain Themselves in the 

 Struggle for Existence"; on Tuesday evening, September 17, 

 theie will be a soiree ; and the concluding meeting will be held 

 on the afternoon of Wednesday, Septemtjer 18. 



Excursions to places of interest in the neighbourhood of New- 

 castle on-Tyne will be made on the afternoon of Saturday, 

 September 14, and on Thursday, September 19. 



The first meetin j; of the General Committee will be held on 

 Wednesday, September 11, at I p.m., for ihe election of the 

 President and Sectional officers, and the despatch of business 

 usually brought before that body. The General Committee will 

 meet again on Monday, September 16, at 3 p.m., for the pur- 

 pose of appointing otificers for 1890, and of deciding on the 

 place of meeting in 1891. The concluding meeting of this 

 Committee will be held on Wednesday, September 18, at i 

 p.m., when the Report of the Committee of Recommendations 

 will be received. The Committee of Recommendations will 

 meet at 3 p.m. on September 16 and 17, and (if necessary) on 

 September 18, at 10 a.m. 



The Local Secretaries for the Newcastle meeting are Prof. 

 P. Phillips Bedson and Prof. J. H. Merival''. 



The Reception Room will be opened on Monday, September 

 9, at I p.m., and on the following days at 8 a.m., for the issue 

 of tickets to Members, Associates, and ladies, and for supplying 

 lists and prices of lodgings, and other information, to strangers 

 on their arrival. No tickets will be issued after 6 p.m. In the 

 Reception Room there will be offices for supplying information 

 regarding the proceedings of the meeting. The Journal, con- 

 taining announcements of the arrangements for each day, will be 

 laid on the table on Wednesday, September 1 1, and the follow- 



