138 Scientific Intelligence. 
4. Fourth Comet of 1846.—On the 15th of March, 1846, Mr. Brorsen, 
of Kiel, discovered near iota Leporis, another telescopic comet. It was 
very faint, and the moon just rising, prevented any accurate observa- 
tion. On the 17th he thought he perceived the body in about 80° 15/ 
R. A., and about 13° 8. decl. On the 21st at Hamburgh, M. Rimker 
found its place to be at 84 59™ 29-6, Ham. m. t., R. A: 88° 4’ 16-2, and 
S. decl. 14° 8’ 34:6. On the 27th, at his observatory in Kensington; 
Sir James South observed its place to be at 84 44™ 11s, m.t., R. A. 
about 101° 9’, and 8. decl. about 14° 35’ 2’. The comet was extremely 
faint, of an irregular figure, without any appearance of a nucleus, and 
under the most feeble illumination of the field of his five-feet equatorial, 
it became invisible. 
5. Fifth Comet of 1846—Bond’s Comet.On the 19th of May, 1846, 
Mr. George P. Bond, of the Observatory of Cambridge, Mass., discov- 
ered in the constellation Lynz, another telescopic comet, of conidia 
ble brightness. The following approximate elements. of the orbit of 
this comet have been furnished by Prof. Peirce, of as University. 
‘Perihelion passage, ~~ 1846, June, 4-2454 G 
Perihelion distance 0-6461 
Inclination, 29° 16/5 
Longitede of he Asc. Node, 264 5-9 2 Mean Eqx. of 
Perihelion, 164 ee Jan. 1, 1846. 
Angle from node to perihelion, 
M et 8. 
‘These elements are derived from the subjoined places determined is 
Mr. Bond.. They are referred to the mean equinox and equator of Jan. 
1, 1846, and. nro. satisfied. sree se fore gring scenes within five sec- 
onds of are. 
R. x N. Decl 
1846. aig 10 18 bee 2 _ 6A 34” 58°45, 51° 31! 6- m 
. Ss Silla se “pe 48 55 48: 
es ; : 47 43 00- ; 
6. Observations on the Solar Eclipse of April 25, 1846. : 
1. Burlington, N. J. Lat. 40° 4’ 51-6 N. Observation by Mr. 
Samuel J. Gummere, with refractor of pe inches neve 
Bepemag, 6 4 os 48” 46° m.s. t. 
En : a overcast. 
2. Providence, I R. ra Observation by — Caswell. 
e hae. 
5 A. M., mean solar time. 
: : 51 20° P.M 
Bitrate, 2 39 39:5, 
A separate shecrration n by Mr, H, ~~ gave 
Se = i, SAP 1A" BF. 
“a peek . 2 
2 Chrin, 5 s. C. oy Observation by Prof. Lewis R. ‘Gibbes 
Me SS et oY ee 
