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230 Scientific Intelligence. 
Concerning the Ceylon parties, I give you a verbatim extract 
from the telegrams. From Jaffna: “ Exceedingly strong radial 
polarisation, 35’ above the prominences; corona undoubtedly solar 
to that height, and very probably to height of 50.” From 
Trincomalee Mr. Moseley informs me that he carefully watched for 
Young’s bright line stratum, and did not see it, and that 1474 was 
observed higher than the other line. 
is is the sum total of the information which has at present 
reached me. It is clear there are discordances as well as agree 
ments, the former being undoubtedly as valuable as the latter. 
It remains now to obtain particulars of all the observations of all 
the parties, before a final account can be rendered of the eclipsed 
sun of 1871. This, of course, will be a work of months; but if all 
goes well, I trust to obtain information shortly of the outlines of 
the work done by the Indian observers and M. Janssen, as I am 
now remaining in India for that purpose, and this I will communr 
cate to Nature by the earliest opportunity. In the meantime I 
hope the good people at home will think we have done our duty, 
and that all the members of the Government Eclipse Expedition 
of 1871 will soon be safely with them to give an account of their 
work.— Nature, Jan. 18. 
Ootacamund, Dee. 19, 1871. 
3. Inauguration of the Cordoba Observatory.-—This event, one 
of great importance to astronomical science, as well as to the 
country which has the honor of establishing the observatory, took 
st. T nd 
e formal inauguration of the Argentine Observatory at yee 
p and circumstance 
ven amongst the audience every pause of the Professor was 
3? 
Most of the facts in the very able address have been ae 
communicated to this Journal by Dr. Gould. We cite the 1 
Abbé de la Caille, vis- 
ited the Cape io 14 Calle 
Peta of the principal southern stars. With a little telescope 
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