132 Scientific Intelligence. 
These values give the following results (stated to the nearest minute) :* 
eae ‘« 
Mercury, 6° 18’ 5° 25’ 53” 
Venus, 2 11 1 49 2 
1 40 16 1° 24 
Jupiter, 18 16 2 
Saturn, 55 64 : 
ranus, See 49 13 
45 iz 
eptune, 33 
We have also given the values according to the formula made use of 
in our article, page 188—and the difference of the two first values will 
give ho te pectin excess A neglected in that | eee 
Il be seen tha : the deviation only in the case of Mars exceeds one 
totes and in the case of Mercury is nearly Sa f Eiea : but these be- 
Tong to the smaller faneti Of the large planets there is only Neptune 
near coincidence between the orbit of Neptune and the invariable plane, 
a out by Mr. Trowbridge (vol. XXXVill, p. 355) does not now exist. 
eptune is not in its maximum of ine ination, then this circumstance . 
= would make it highly probable that there must be another planet be- 
a yond Neptune (§ 5, 
hus it Hors fs our numbers for I Pee on page 139, t ie 
utes from the invariable plane, and thus Ee ot to be the ultima 
— hale of the planetary world, wa City, April, 1865. 
__ 2. New Comet.—A large comet was visible in aa, southern hemisphere 
ah as onths of January a February. It was seen at Rio Janeiro on 
the 24th ‘of January. On the 26th, its tail was 26° jn length. The fol- 
ee elements were computed by Mr. Moesta from observations on _ 
Feb. 21st, 25th, and 29th. On the 20th, he observ. 9 second very — 
faint tail branching out to the north of the principal tail, 
Apogee: Bes 1865, 7 oe 
Cj eg mane 92°) 17"16 
Qo = des: lh lee = 84511 
_ * Obtained from the formule 
A+B 
oS oped 2 cs See 
ak Serer ae ee 
o : a7 : . 
- where ia 6 o/ gin A cin 
Ww tan A+B sin A.sin B, 
cos ——- 
¢ 
cos — 
sing = 2: aed 
. 
= ‘ 7} 
