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with 27363 Lalande, Ane and Argelander, zone 16, No. 205 (d) gave 
the following position 
1853. wiaecittea te x mn, A Decl. 
April : 154 40™ a+04™ 1185 a+ ll! 2” 
11 58 b+ 1 57 «be 4 22 
3. (26)— uf? Luther of the Observatory at Bilk, discovered another 
planet—the twenty-sixth of the asteroidal group—on the 5th of May. It is 
of the 10-11 magnitude. The following observed places are given ;— 
1853. Bilk, M. T. R. 
May 5, 13h Om 207° 40 — 10° 15/ 
“ 14, 11; 52 206 3 — 95 
4. First Comet of 1853, (Astron. Journal.)—In the last number of 
this Journal was mentioned the discovery of a comet on the 8th of 
March, by Mr. G. W. Tuttle, assistant at Harvard College Observatory. 
the Collegio Romano, on the 6th of March. It was discovered independ- 
ently also by Schweizer, at Moscow on the 8th, and by Dr. Hartwig 
on the 10th. here is some reason for stip htomlg this comet to be 
identical with that of 1664. The following elements were computed 
by Mr. C. W. Tuttle from the observations at Cambridge, of March 
10, 18 and 29. 
1853, Feb. 24: aoe a _T. Greenwich. 
Long. of perihelion Cs st i ot Appar. Eqx. 
node, -  - ‘es 15 30 § 1853, Mar. 18. 
fhctinaide: - . 20 8 il 
Log. of perhativa dist., . 0:037938 
Motion retrogade. 
5. Second Comet of 1853, (Astr. Jour.)—Professor Schweitzer, at 
Moscow, discovered a comet on the 4th of April 1858, which he de- 
scribes as ‘‘ small and round, about 3! in diameter, and without a tail.” 
He gives the following places ;— 
1853 
; Moscow, M. T. Ri As Decl. 
April 4, 15) Om 20h 3m 20s = 113° 4 
Wied 14 0 20 4 2% +13 1 
VI. MiscetLaNngous INTELLIGENCE. 
Notes on the Almaden Mine, California, ina aren ter from T. 8. 
Hass dated San Jose, Nov. 26th . 1852.— We e left S n José at 8 o’clock 
tile a valley as the eye ever beheld, we arrived at the beautiful village 
of Almaden, distant twelve miles from San José....It is situated on the 
There is a large bakery near it, and they use the water in mixing 
be their “sr and certainly make as saa bread as I ever have eaten. 
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