446 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
Til. causes 
os ear 1871, at t. : banat Reais T Sion 
Superintendent. Weahisiicon: Government Printing Ofice, 1873. 
—This thick volume, of over a thousand quarto ages, Ce dh its size 
ges 
ss The first appendix (170 pp.) contains a zones observed with 
the meridian circle in 1847-8-9. It is intended to re-observe 
some of the stars of mee Hester to aid i in forming Sith them a 
catalogue of southern s 
The second eecuaie’ (144 pp.) contains observations made with 
the erst circle and transit instrument by Prof. Yarnall, from 
1853 to 1860, 
The third ‘appendix (294 pp.), b Prof. Yarnall, is a catalogue 
of 10,658 stars, pogeahe at ven ve 
The fourth appendix is a atery of the founding and progress 
of the U. S. N. Observatory, by Prof Nou 
2. New Comet.—Prof, Winnecke discovered a comet in the 
- constellation Vulpecula, Feb. 20th. 
3. ew Planet.—A telegram from oon if Prof. Henry an- 
nounced the discovery of a new planet b 
The follo ri: a have been given data “the past year to 
minor planets :—(119) Althea, (121) Hermione, ehiee Liberatriz, 
Poe se (2) Johanna, (128 ) Nemesis sus 0) Electra, (13!) 
131) Ethra, (133) dae (134) Sophrosyne 
‘ , avings from Harvard College Ceersacony NG, So OF 
this series contains figures of. che solar prominences. With this 
is a re-issue of No, 3, contain ing a representation of the solar 
disk with spots and colored Febete Wire compiled from several 
dates. Four of the earlier numbers have been thus re-issued, that 
they aed correspond in size and sharketer better with the ‘later 
engravings, 
IV. MisceLuANrous Screntiric INTELLIGENCE. 
. Agassiz Memorial —The se ie circular has been recently 
issued by the Agassiz Memorial Committee. The object is one 
person to BR oes ‘si this country the ad y of Nature anda 
Me of scientific investi jon. Twenty-eight years ago he lef 
— his native ous Uni 
