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The subject of the Leonids was then taken up and many facts brought 

 out concerning these interesting bodies by Messrs. Knight, Baumgardt, 

 Colhns, and others. 



Reference was then made to the false report of a comet having been 

 discovered by the weather bureau observer at Chicag-o, and the explanation 

 of the error offered by Prof. Campbell to the effect that the deceptive 

 appearance of the Pleiades in cloudy weather had probably given rise to 

 the mistake. 



President Knight then gave a condensed sketch O'f the great comets 

 that have been visible during the nineteenth century, and added that it 

 having been about nineteen years since the last great comet appeared, it 

 was near the time when another comet of note should visit the solar 

 system. 



President Knight then read a carefully prepared paper relative to the 

 phenomenon of the new star in Perseus,, giving credence to the theory that 

 a star in its movements had come into contact with a nebulous mass of 

 sufficient density to offer much resistance, thus giving rise to a great deal 

 of heat and luminosity, both of which would pass away after contact 

 ceased. The discussion of this topic was participated in by several mem- 

 bers, after which the meeting adjourned. 



Melville Dozier, Secretary. 



