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e have not made any pA rites of the wer in 4 
lsa 
the supposition of extreme pa me ess, But as these two errors exist 
in the volume through Mr. nel’s too great reliance ~~ — 
we will share their Sapo tbility wih him. a 
1V. Astronomy. 
1. Comet, 1855, Il, (Astron. Journal, No. 85).—A new comet was 
discovered at Florence on the third of June last, by Dr. Donati. It 
was ig seen ae next day at Gottingen by Dr. Klinkerfues, aa at 
Paris by Mr. Die Dr. Donati was unable to detect nucleus or tail, 
and estat it as se Paictian than the nebula in Hercules. 
i panda sn ah _— 5, 6,7, Mr. Bruhns has com- 
puted oa following elem 
Perihelion passage, 188s, map 29, sia ase M..T. 
Long. perihelion, - 15! 18-4 
asc. neile, - - - a6 52 43° 1 
Inclination, : : - 22 58 27: 1 
L : - 9°745678 
og. g, “ 
Motion retrograde, 
Aa on ihe Faces lang Ses of August 9th and 10th, 1855 ; by 
ag p C, Herricx.—The wing observations made at New Ha- 
en, Pehosssisut, ae that he sates display of August has occurred 
this year with the usual characteristics. 
he evening ~ Thursday, ager 9, was clear and beautiful. Be- 
tween 104 25" p. m. of the 9th and 24 30™ a. m. of the 10th, three 
hundred and rete -five different aati stars were noted by three ob- 
phat viz, Prof. Alex. C. Twining, Mr. Christopher D. Seropyan and 
myse 
Many of these meteors were brilliant, and about four-fifths of all 
Were conformable to the usual apparent radiant, or point of divergence, 
hear the cluster in the sword-handle of Perseus. The following table 
Shows the number of meteors seen per hour in the different parts of the 
mys and also the number of those which were conformable to the 
lant: 
108 25m to 1Jh p.m,  E. 18, of which 12 conformable. 
Ss. W 14 7 
W. 17 12 
N. N. ile an 
11) to midni : 37 27 
midnight, z i: oe 4 
N. N. W. 16 13 
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