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_ Note respecting Halley’s Comet. 371 
' “Thursday morning, Jan. 14, 1836, 1 saw the comet again, 
It was quite faint in the Clark telescope—not well defined—and 
in appearance. Comet no more obvious to the eye than it 
was Aug. 31st; perhaps not so much so. Moon four days from 
new, within 10° of the comet. The morning was pleasant, but 
somewhat hazy near the horizon. 
“Jan. 15. Comet brighter than yesterday morning—quite dis- 
tinct—decidedly brighter than Aug. 31st and larger, more irregu- 
lar in outline—comet at least three minutes in diameter. Very 
clear this morning—atmosphere quite transparent.” 
On each of the preceding mornings, a diagram was made of 
the comet and two conspicuous stars in the same field of view ; 
and as the same stars were seen on both mornings, while thé 
comet had changed its position with respect to them nearly half 
a degree, there was no room for doubt respecting the nature of 
the object observed. 
“Jan. 16th. Comet observed this morning with a small equa- 
torially mounted telescope of eighteen inches focus—distinctly 
seen—though of feeble light, and outline quite ragged—tieecy. 
“Jan. 26. Comet quite bright this morning in the equatorial 
(sighteon-inch focus)—no appearance of a nucleus—very ill de- 
' “Jan. 29... Prof. Olmsted saw the comet distinetly with his 
naked eye—he looked at it with the telescope, and assured him- 
self that it was indeed the comet. There was no star in the 
heighborhood with which it could be mistaken.” iin 
B. does not state that he found’ the comet at all on the 23d of 
ject the preceding night ?—for it is difficult to suppose that the 
t had vanished entir 
