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ticed: we will only add that the investigations have been conducted 
throughout with great care and skill, showing vat the authors are adepts 
in the only school which is likely to enlarge the boundaries a ese 
logical knowledge, viz: the school of Greemalii and experimen 
Vv. ASTRONOMY AND METEOROLOGY. 
1. Discovery of Asteroid ().—This planet was discovered by D: 
Luther, at Bilk, March 15, 1863. It appeared as a star of the Toth 
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fos) 
or 
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phe 
log. « 0°441271 
2. Comet II, 1863.—On the 12th of April, en crgoremoniit discovered 
a new comet in R, - ec. 3° S. s discovered independ 
ently by M. Donati at Florence on the 15th. ‘On the 19th of re this 
comet was only ten degrees distant from the North pole, presenting the 
appearance of a round nebulos _ 5 or 6 minutes in diameter. The fok 
lowing yore have been comput wy. 
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i=] 
Re 
Longitude of perihelion, 256° 1 517" mean eq. 1863-0 
: Leeenns of node, 251 is 51 
Inclinat . 112 37 57% 
Log. carillon distance, 0026080 
3. Lomet III, 1863.—This comet was discovered by M. Respighi at 
y M. Becker, 
near Berlin, and by M. Te oe at Marseilles. On the 25th of April its 
tail was 2 degrees in length. M. Valz has communicated following 
_ elements rednest tae the ramen sae of M. Temp ~ 
Loti of perihelion, 
Longitude of node, As 20 
Inclination, 85 27 
Perihelion ‘distance, 06144 
“gee: direct. 
servations of the Zodiacal Light 
wn MasterMax.— 
4 The sodiacl coheed is one - the most hee to observe, i in our latiti 
of the 
estial phenomena. Besides the unfavorable position or invisi- 
_ bility in the twilight, sens it unobservable for a considerable portion 
