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are $” and 11”.” Mr. Kendall remarks in respect to t Serpentarii, that 
™ o 14 feet refractor used by Struve at Dorpat, in 1828, it appeared 
single. 
Appearance of « Equulet, as seen in the 16 feet Reflector at Lenox 
Aug. 28th and 29th, 1851. 
Sawees 
i relative distances of the centres in this diagram are taken from 
Posy description; no micrometers being at hand in this observa- 
‘on. Dut the distances of the outlines of the disks of the closer stars 
Me 1835 the stars were seen in contact; the distance was 2". Of 
BY gg he says: ‘In 1836 the components were so close that no 
€lescope in the world would separate them; the dist py.” 
Pe tar he inference is, that the Dorpat Refractor was limited 
ts resolving power to about d it is equally clear that the 
sage would resolve stars somewhat closer than 3 
five 
of 0, - and two other gentlemen examined « Arietis, on the evening 
«at Sth. ‘This star is thus described by Kendall. 
nid the hinder part of the back ; both white ; of the 6th magni- 
3 distant half a second.” It was distinctly separated with a power 
ah ith 550 the division was steady and constant. They 
ep this star to be a little more difficult and a little closer than 
_quulei. “Moreover, inasmuch as it is not even suspected of being a 
; th mponents consequently re- 
Maing Unchanged, it was an extremely satisfactory test observation. 
V. MiscetLANEous INTELLIGENCE. 
ee Not Zyp 
~ letters to the Smithsonian Institution, from a traveller in the East ; 
municated for this Journal.)— Vesuvius ——At Naples we “ro t 
v 
we & day or two before the flow of lava commenced. An American 
w Went up a week earlier found the crater empty, but at our visit it 
a8 very hearly filled up with scoria and was emitting smoke from two 
*Petings, where the red-hot (but not fluid) matter could be seen, 88 
