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The following parabolic elements of its orbit were computed by Mr. 
Tuttle, from observations at Cambridge, Mass., of 21st, 24th and 27th 
une. 
Perihelion passage, 1860, June 16.06730. 
Long. of perihelion, - +f om GOL? 84".56" ; Mean egqx. 
“ asc. node, - - - 84 41 20 Jan. 0, 
: Inclination, Ee eg ee 
4 Log. of perihelion distance, - » 9.46687 
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Gould’s Asiron. Jour., No. 136. 
: 1. The Meteor of July 20th, 1860.—This remarkable meteor was vis- 
: ible over a portion of the earth’s surface at least a thousand miles in 
ge from N. N. W. to 8. S. E.) by seven or eight hundred in width ; 
_orirom Lake Michigan to the Gulf Stream and from Maine to Virginia. 
The newspapers have contained many notices of its appearance as seen 
nomena presented; and can only at this time notice briefly a few of the 
best that have come to hand, and state some approximate results derived 
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quently obtained by tae eaten an altitude of about 55°. We 
"se for N. Y, 56° as the mean of the two. 
