Astronomy. 287 
Iv. ASTRONOMY, 
1. Meteors in August, 1868.—The following obser vations upon 
the night of August 9th, were made at Durham, Conn., by Prof. 
C. G. Rock kwood, ‘of Bowdoin College. There were two observers. 
From 12h. ae ee 12h. 30m. 13 meteors. From lh. 0m. to 1h. 15m. 5 meteors. 
Soe | rf 15 to B0,5 Deo 
a“ 
rs “4s nig | ee te 35 to 2h. 0, 12 
In all, 56 meteors, of which all but two were conformable to the 
usual radiant, The sky was mostly clear, and the moon shining. 
tronomers in the depa rément of meteoric ast my. 
or in Stanley’s Logarithmic Tables. ike Chatham Wil- 
ley, of Hartford, calls attention to an error in Stanley’s Logarith- 
mic Tables. It is on page 38th, where the logarithm of 30672 
should be “4867421 instead of 4864721 
V. MISCELLANEOUS SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 
_ 1. Convention of American Philologists—A Convention of 
American Philoogists, nthe be held in Phgkeapss N. Y., com- 
¥> we 
a ‘Meares nes be taken during the session to complete the or- 
s eg a permanent N ational Society for the Promotion o 
_ Philological Studies and Research in America. Papers upon dif- 
nt branches of Philology b ‘stinguished American Linguists 
will be read and disc tee tt may then remain to the 
ee meric 
_, 1. How much of the time ina Collegiate course of study noel 
be given to the Soe oe 4 of Language? 2. How ee of ~ — 
shoul prey A the study of the "Movtern La 
Convention wil be sso to the. onary of the following, 
Among other questions, relative to the position which the Study of 
‘Should the study of the French hand German German pee ha ft : 
