Peters and Watson—Discovery of new Planets. 201 
The above analyses give for the composition of the stone: 
Nickeliferous iron -.-. - 14°63 
Magnetic pyrites 3°06 
Olivi “04 
sie 48 
Bronzite, a hornblende, with a little albite or 
orthoclase, and chrome iron 39°27 
With the bronzite there may also be enstatite, which would be 
confounded with the former, if existing in the stone. 
Slap oa tL hs dec alee 
Art. XXX.—Discovery of a new Planet; by Prof. C. H. F. 
Perers. From a letter to one of the editors, dated Litchfield 
Observatory of Hamilton College, Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y., 
July 27, 1871. 
A small planet, the 114th of the group of asteroids, was dis- 
covered here in the night from the 23d to the 24th inst., and the 
following accurate positions hitherto have been obtained of it: 
187), 
Ham.Coll. m.t.|App. a (114)| App. 6 (114) 
aim. 6 m FW s : 
July 24.) 15 14 45 |21 43 27-85|—10 12 16-8\(by 6 comp’sons with Schj. 8925) 
26.112 18 4 121 42 «835/10 20 26-0 (by12 “ * W. 21h. 954) 
very fine sky to be 12°3. As it is still about a month yet until 
PPosition, it will become considerably brighter. The planet 
riuna (19) runs nearly parallel to it, distant only one degree, 
ng, however, of the 9th magnitude. 
Pies 
AR. XXXI—On a new Planet; by James C. Watson. From 
a letter to one of the editors, dated Observatory, Ann Arbor, 
August 7, 1871. 
T noticed last ni ght a star of the tenth magnitude near Weisse 
XX], 462, and a single comparison gave the following place: 
An 7. A 
1871, Aug Hagin Re 912 gym 95-90 —12 30"71 
A subsequent comparison showed that it had moved, and the 
following o rvations were made: 
Ann Arbor M. T. 115) 115)6 Comp. 
1871) Aug, 6. 12" 94" 4% 21 21" 4°64 12° 30°63. 4 
14 3 361 21 20 59°77 12 29576 7 
Eo 14 50 .14.:91.86 S710 +12 90 693" 6 
_ Daily motion, aa=—69"'5 Ad=+1' 59". 
. The planet shines like a star of the tenth magnitude. 
