286 Scientific Intelligence. 
IV. ASTRONOMY AND METEOROLOGY. 
a, Observations on the Meteors of August last; by Davi Trow- 
ge. (From a letter to the editors, dated Heotar, N. Y., lat. 424° N,, 
it 0° from Washington, Aug. 11th, 1866.)—The following i is a report 
of ed emataet a of meteoric phenomena at the August period, 1866. 
—lI observed from 9 till 9.20 p.m. I saw fourteen meteors, the 
ths of bus converged toward Oyiands and seven toward Cassiopea, or 
a little below (to the east, eatinsied on the arte Nearly all left a 
visible — Some moved slowly and — rapidly. 
Aug. 10.—I observed from 9 till 10.15 p.m. in company, a part of the 
time, ies three other individuals. Wes aw in all sixty-five meteors; 1 
saw at least fifty of them. The paths of aes “seven of — converged 
of whi oh were conformable. It was partly clear a portion of the time. 
On each evening my ew a was confined mainly to the region of the 
the rudeness of m cieeesaiioae would allow me to draw any con- 
clusion, I should say that on the 9th the center of the region from which 
the meteors came was somewhat below the chair (as seen at the time of 
observation); on the 10th nearer the chair; and on the 11th in the chair. 
n the evening of the 26th of July (1866), about 8}P.M., a very 
bright meteor flashed out in Cygnus, and moved from east to west with 
great rapidity. Its path was about 30° after I saw it. Height above 
the northern horizon about 50°. Duration of flight from one-half to one 
second, It left a beautiful train. The head was red and train _, Se 
was certainly below the clouds. It passed between me and some 
stratus clouds, so dense as to hide pane stars completely. Several 
bars that saw it said it was below the c 
Observatory of Russia.—The ant “of Me, Kupffer at the head of 
sa Central cocina of Russia has been filled by the appointment of 
= — of Dorpat. 
ass of Meteoric — in Colorado Territory.—Prof. Henry has 
srassinicl to the Editors a note respecting the discovery of a mass of 
iron in a deep gulch near Saks Creek, Colorado Territory, about twenty- 
five or thirty miles from Denver, and 800 or 1000 feet below the top of 
a steep hill. Mr. James L. Wilson, who describes it in the Daily News 
published at Denver, Colorado Territory, May 14th, states that it was at 
first mistaken by himself and Mr. G. R. Morrison who accompanied him 
ad geting seen pg before, for the ‘ blossom’ or “iron hat” of a mineral 
e. is irregular in form, being about twenty-two inches long, nine 
to ten broad, and wide. ren of its A are flat and two 
rounded. This form indi cates it to be a fragment of a much larger mass. 
