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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"; longitude 4/t 44m 17.3s W. of Greenwich. 

 No. 42, at R. T. Paine's house, Boston. Lat. 42° 20' 56"; long. 4/t 44m 16.3s. 



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

 No. 45, at A. Holcomb's observatory, Southwick, Mass. Lat. 42° (f 41" ; 

 long. Ah 51m 15.5s. 

 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 So- 

 ciety: — 



James Prinsep, of Calcutta. 



John Edwards Holbrook, 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. 



Stated Meeting, February 1. 

 Present, twenty members. 

 Mr. Du Ponceau, President, in the Chair. 

 The following donations were received : — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



L'Art de verifier les dates, depuis l'annee 1770, jusqu'a nos jours. 

 Publie par M. le Marquis de Fortia, membre de I'Institut. Paris, 

 1837.— From Mr. D. B. Warden. 



