COMETAKY INFLUENCES. 



other, one of which was directed to the place which had been 

 occupied by the companion. 



It is suspected that the faint comet which was observed at Rome 

 by Prof. Secchi to precede Biela's comet in 1852, may hare been 

 the companion thus separated from it ; and if so, the separation 

 must be permanent, the distance between the parts being greater 

 than that which separates the earth from the sun. 



