146 Scientific Intelligence. 
End of the eclipse. 
10 25 1°9 Murray. Red. 
2°6 Ashe O 
2°6 Smith. Neutral 
2°6 Venable. Orange. 
3°3 Alexander. Neutral 
3°6 ard. Compound red and green. 
The declination of the magnetic needle at the same station was found 
to be 51° 23"1 W. of N. ; 
The Dip of the magnetic needle was 82° 145, and the total magnetic 
intensity was found to be 12°519. g 
(2.) Observations near Steilacoom, Washington Territory, by Lieut. 
J. M. Gilliss, U. S. Navy. 
The station at which the eclipse was observed, was in lat. 47° 2/ 54” N. 
and longitude 85 10m 295-6 W. of Greenwich. . 
The moon had advanced far upon the sun’s dise when the sun rose 
above the horizon. The following are the 
imes observed during the eclipse. 
First internal contact of limbs, 4> 47m 298-9 
Second internal contact of limbs, 4 49 
Duration of the total eclipse, 1 55-4 
End of the eclipse, 5 42 282 
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EOROLOGY. 
5. Report on the Meteors of November, 1861, by the Standing Com- 
mittee appointed by the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences om 
Meteors of November and August, in each year—There being no suff- 
cient, time for preparation of Circular Instructions to observers, the best 
that could be done, in that respect, was the introduction of a few of the 
most important suggestions into a publication upon the August meteors 
which certain of the Committee had occasion to make in the Am. Jour 
nal of Science and Arts. This publication is herewith presented to the 
Academy, and attention is invited to the computations and conclusions 
of Prof. H. A. Newton. Copies were distributed in advance of the No- 
vember No. of this Journal, with a view, partially, to awaken interest 
ese observations. : 
From information received before and since the November period just 
past, it is believed that observations were made in several places at 
distance from New Haven. Farther reports, if hereafter received, will be 
nted to the Academy. : 
(1.) At New Haven two of the Committee—Messrs. Newton and baer’ 
ning—kept watch on the morning of Nov. 12, 1861, the latter from 2 
15™ a.m. to 34 30™ a.m, and the former from 2h 45m a.m. to 343 
A.M. The number seen by both before 3% was 10, and after that 22;— 
making 32 meteors in an hour by two observers,—not, however, fully 
two, since both observed, for much of the time, the same spaces. Five 
stars were definitely located and timed. Eight or nine only were ¢0D- 
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