174 New Chart of the Moon. [Not. 



The following are candidates for ballot at the next meeting — 



1. Rajah Lachman Singh, Deputy Collector, Bullundshahar, proposed 

 by F. S. Growse, Esq., seconded by Dr. Rudolf Hoernle. 



2. Babu Krishna Gopal Bhakta, proposed by Babu Adharlal Sen, 

 seconded by Dr. R. L. Mitra. 



The Seceetaet announced that Major Lewin and Mr. J. Murray had 

 requested that their election might be cancelled. 



The Secketart announced that Mr. C. Pearson and Mr. C. A. Elliott, 

 had intimated their desire to withdraw from the Society. 



The Secretary announced that the Rev. Dr. A. F. Rudolf Hoernle 

 had been appointed Philological Secretary, in the room of Mr. C. H. Tawney, 

 who had conducted the duties temporarily. 



The Secretary read a notice of a prospectus received from Dr. Barth, 

 of a new Chart of the Moon, to be published in 25 Sections, by W. G. 

 Lohrmann. 



Mr. Job. Ambr. Barth of Leipzig has sent the prospectus of a new 

 chart of the moon, by W. G. Lohrmann. The chart consists of 25 Sections 

 with two tables of explanations. There is added to it a descriptive text 

 by Dr. J. F. Julius Schmidt, Director of the Observatory in Athens. The 

 price is £2 IO5. 



The chart was begun by Lohrmann in 1821. The first part was pub- 

 lished in 1824. In 1840 Lohrmann died, and for some years the work re- 

 mained in abeyance. But in 1851 Dr. J. Schmidt was prevailed upon by 

 the publisher, W. A. Barth, and after his death, his son F. A. Barth, to 

 continue it with the assistance of W. Opelt of Dresden, and after his death 

 (1863) of his son, Lieut. Opelt. At last the work was finished in 1874. To 

 the chart will be added a text, describing its method ; also a catalogue of 

 all selenographic positions calculated by Opelt. There will be a brief ex- 

 planation of each section, in which the more important differences of height 

 will be noted, and all remarkable points noticed. The principal merit of 

 the work lies in Lohrmann's draiving, which closely resembles that of Maed- 

 ler's famous chart. His object was, to represent as faithfully as possible 

 the mountains and the colour of the moon, and to execute the measure- 

 ments and drawings according to methods approved of by science. Accor- 

 dingly he chose the orthographic projection of the visible hemisphere of 

 the moon and the mean libration, drew the mountains according to Leh- 

 mann's method, and without indications of their varying illumination. 

 Owing to the long delay in the execution of the work, there is a noticeable 

 want of uniformity in the colouring of the plates. Maedler's chart is much 

 more satisfactory in this respect. 



Mr. Mallet exhibited a Meteorite, forwarded to the Indian Museum 

 by Hugh Eraser, Esq , from Gorakhpur. 



