178 Miscellanies. 



1838. h. m. s. 



36. Dec. 27, / Im. 8 57 7.85 d. 1. Princeton College, A. 



37. Im. 8.15 d. 1. " B. 



38. Em. 10 6 11.30 b. 1. « A. 



39. A Im. 8 57 32.76 d. 1. " A. and B. 



40. Em. 10 21 31.55 b. 1. " A. 



41. Nov. 13, a Virginis, Im. 20 .32 38.40 b. 1. Dorchester Obs'y. Bond. 



42. Dec. 2, c Aurigje, Em. 17 32 19.00 d. 1. Paine's House, Boston. Paine. 



43. " 24, t Piscium, Im. 9 53 1684 d. 1. " " 



44. " 27, / Pleiadum,Im. .9 18 43.28 d. I. " " 



45. Nov. 21, 58 u Sagittarii, Im. 6 12 33.20 d. 1. Holcomb's Obs'y. Holcomb. 



46. Dec. 24, i Piscium, Im. 9 44 29.50 d. 1. " " 



47. " 27, -n Pleiadum,Im. 8 16 43.10 d. 1. " " 

 No. 1, at the Philadelphia Observatory of the Central High School. Lat. 39" 57' 



8" N. ; longitude bh. Om. 42s. west of Greenwich. 

 No. 2, good observation. No. 3, doubtful, eye not directed to the exact place of 

 emersion. Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14 and 15, good observations. No. 

 10, doubtful. No. 12, star reappeared in contact with bright limb. 

 No. 16, doubtful Is. 



No. 17, at T. Wagner's house, 2.165. in time, east of the Philadelphia Observa- 

 tory, with 5 feet equatorial. No. 18, probably too late several seconds. 

 No. 19, doubtful. No. 20, good observation, preferable to No. 3. Nos. 21, 22 and 

 24, good observations. Nos. 23, 25 and 26, uncertain, from brightness of 

 moon's limb. 

 No. 27, at Prof Stephen Alexander's house, 6" north, 0.3s. in time, east of Nassau 



Hall, Princeton College, New Jersey. 

 Nos. 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 36, 37 and 39, satisfactory observations. 

 Nos. 34, 38 and 40, uncertain from brightness of moon's limb. 

 No. 35, doubtful Is. Nos. 33 and 36 appeared to be followed by a slight brush of 



light. 

 No. 41, at William Cranch Bond's Observatory, Dorchester, Mass. Lat. 42" 19' 



15" N. ; longitude 4A. 44m. 17.3s. W. of Greenwich. 

 No. 42, at R. T. Paine's house, Boston. Lat. 42° 20' 56" N. ; long. Ah. Urn. 16.3s. 



W. Observation uncertain. Nos. 43 and 44, very good observations. 

 No. 45, at A. Holcomb's Observatory, Southwick, Mass. Lat. 42° 0' 41" N. ; long. 

 Ah. 51m. 15.5s. W. 

 The initials denote respectively, 

 W. Sears C. Walker. 

 K. E. O. Kendall. 

 J. George M. Justice. 

 R. William H. C. Riggs. 

 P. Robert M. Patterson. 



A. Stephen Alexander. 



B. J. V. Z. Blaney. 



b. 1. and d. 1. denote respectively the bright and dark limbs of the moon. 

 The following candidates were elected members of the Society : — 

 James Prinsep, of Calcutta. 



John Edwards Holbrooic, M, D., of Charleston, S. C. 

 John C. Cresson, of Philadelphia. 

 James C. Booth, of Philadelphia. 

 Edward Coles, of Philadelphia. 

 J. F. Encke, of Berlin. A. Quetelet, of Brussels. 



