428 Astronomy. : 
Those marked conformable all diverged from an area 25° in di- | 
ameter whose center was R.A. 44°, N.P.D. 31°. Be ey. . 
Nie a, an area 5° in diameter, whose center was R. A. 47° 
‘ Sr. 
Aug. 12th. From 28 to 3 oe conf. 2 non-conf. 
3° to 3" 30™ (clear) 8 = 2 
About 3ths of the paths produced backward, crossed a bie 16° 
i enter was inR. A. 50°, N. P. D. 3 This 
of 5 
E Thewdl se alone and was interrupted frequently by | 
the dlovds and Sy 
(4.) At Florence.—Prof. Donati reports (Bulletitno Meteor., Sept. 
1807) the following results of observations made’at Florence this 
: Sees 
oy No. of ob: Number of shooting stars seen. 
ug. servers. ‘gh-10h 10b-]]b ]]b_]9h ]9h_jh jhgh gh_gh 3h4h Total. 
10 <3 @=) 988 ee ce BE Oe 
455. $9 688 OO  BOse 192. 1007 106 
BE12 Be BT 80 ee 8 Oe 
2 
1 
28 
13-14 3 6 6 6 9 go Ae 
Of these 1822 meteors, 972 were recorded as conformable and 
350 unconformable. The maximum deduced from this table was 
from two to three o’clock on the morning of the 11th of angie 
4, Meteoric meet A treatise = Seagera. Stars, “Fireballs 
and Aerolites; by Prof. Danie Kirx 12mo, pp. 130, 0, Phik 
adelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1867. This little treatise files 
in a popular form a summary of the more aap ortant astronomica 
relations of the igneous —— In addition the author discusses 
the relations to the nebular thesis of the knowledge recentl, 
e work constitutes a valuable an 
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