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the noise and bustle of the street, cars, é&c., was most plainly distinguish- 
able) and then died out. 
n the annexed diagram it seemed to appear first at point A. The 
tail, which remained two or three 
seconds in view, had the a 
southwest of Boston, and as the view I had was in a direction opposite 
to that of Hartford from Boston, and taking into account the angle of 
elevation as shown by the height of the building near me, I think this 
body must have been a very large one and at a very great distance. 
2. List of Radiant Points of Shooting Stars ; by Professor Hz1s.— 
This paper consists of a list of all the radiant points of shooting stars ob- 
v n orded during eleven years before 1860, at other times of 
the year than in August, November, and December. They are arranged 
as general radiant points of shooting stars, or as general centres of ema- 
> . . . > 5 
nation of shooting stars, in successive half-months of the year from Jan- 
fair sequel to his discovery of a star-shower existing on the 10th of 
thoroughly examined.—Proc. 
uly 9. 
3. w Comet.—Mr. Tempe. discovered a new comet on the 5th of 
July, having the appeurance of a diffused nebulosity of some 3’ or 4’ in 
diameter. This comet was seen by Mr. Respighi at Bologna, on the 6th, 
and by Prof. F. Karlinski of the Cracow Observatory, on the 11th, neat 
_ Mr. Valz gives the following approximate elements. Passage 0’ 
helion Sept. 7-05, mean time at Marseilles; dist. of perihelion 1°8235 
long. of perihelion 289°'37; R.A, 66°-56; inclination 1°45; movement 
retrograde. 
