Miscellanies. 



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From observations taken by Mr. Wm. C. Bond, at Cambridge, Mass., 

 the following elements have been computed by Prof. Benjamin Peirce. 

 Perihelion Passage, Feb. 27.01 m. t. Cambridge. 



Longitude of Ascending Node, . . . 348° 33' 



Inclination, . 39 16 



Longitude of the Perihelion, . . . 280 31 

 Perihelion distance, .... 0.00872 



Motion, retrograde. 



In order to verify the elements published by Mr. Walker, computations 

 were made here several days since, by Messrs. James Nooney and James 

 Hadley, from observations taken at Philadelphia previous to March 27, — 

 and with the following result : 



Perihelion Passage, Feb. 27.203 m. t. Greenwich. 



Longitude of Ascending Node, . . 356° 31' 



Inclination, 36 37 



Longitude of the Perihelion, . . . 272 19 



Perihelion distance, 0.0147 



Motion, retrograde. 



The following Ephemeris of the Comet was computed from the ele- 

 ments last stated, for one hour after midnight, Greenwich mean time. 

 (Geoc. Long, and Lat.) 



Days. Longitude. 



April 7th, . . .64° 10£' 

 10th, . . .66° 44f' 

 13th, . . .69° 03' 

 15th, . . .70° 32£' 

 18th, . . .72° 34f 

 21st, . . .74° 29' 

 P. S. In a communication published in the Philadelphia Gazette, April 

 6, 1843, Messrs. Walker and Kendall remark, that the present comet 

 may perhaps be that of December, 1689, with the elements of which, ex- 

 cepting the inclination, this agrees tolerably well. 

 New Haven, April 7, 1843. 



MISCELLANIES. 



DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN. 



1. Fossil Birds. — Letters from Dr. G. A. Mantell, London, and Prof. 

 Chas. Daubeny, Oxford, Eng., to the senior Editor, mention the arrival 

 in England of the bones of a gigantic Struthoid bird, from New Zea- 

 land. The impress made by its feet would fully equal the largest 

 tracks observed by Dr. James Deane and Prof. Hitchcock, in the val- 



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