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6 Perset. 
Minimum, 1863, Feb. 2, 75 24m 488, Wash. M. T.—Wt.,, $. 
Minimum, 1863, Jan, 18, 10h 23, Wash. M. T.—Wt., 1. 
5 Cephei. 
Minimum, 1863, Jan. 8, 114-6,—Weld, M. T.—Wt., 3. 
Feb. 4, 8 -5,— “4, 
t EN 
Minimum. 
1863, Mar. 23, Oh—Wt., 1. | 1863, Feb. "25, 7h_Wt., 3. 
Apr. 1,1 ge F Mar. 
12 5 
17, 16 we * 
: : 
22, 6 4. 
May 1, 7 hi 2. | 
6 Lyre. 
neipal Mini 
1863, Jan. 1, “gh se thibr jo I 1863, "3677 ‘Ti, 5h3—Wt, 1. 
og Pag 19. 290-8 Wt, 1: 
« Herculis. 
gpreatbacica’ bere asd 1 on this star, Feb. 15. 
time of Maximum, 1863, Feb. 6. 
yap te4 = 1863. 
dence of the cosmical origin of shooting stars derived from the 
dete of ¢ early ~ showers.—Mr. Quetelet, in his Physique du Globe, de- 
votes a chapt ter to shooting stars. Dou bts see m to have arisen in the 
return of the Rois and other showers on oe days of the year 
cal cha 
— possibly be due to meteorologi nges. But if the magnetism, 
é heat, the electricity, or the other properties of ve atmosphere pro- 
a 
on, XXXVI, No. 406,—JuLy, 1863, 
