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skidld, of Stockholm, Sweden, to sell one of the celebrated Green- 
land meteorites lately found by him. This meteorite weighs 
10,000 Ibs, and the price is $12,500 in gold. He has a few other 
large specimens, adapted to public collections, of smaller size. 
Specimens of any desired size may be obtained for private collec- 
tions at $8.00 per pound or 75 cents per ounce. 
Ill Astronomy. 
u arge number of persons have ; 
consult these tables with great interest, and we trust the Commis- 
sioner of Agriculture will reconsider his decisiou respecting the 
publication of these tables. 
Auroral displays in the United States in the year 1871. 
Jan. 3, 6, 7. 10, 13, 16, 18, 19, 20, 23, 29, otal 11 days. 
eb. 3, 10, 11, 12, 18, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 27, « DB « 
bee, 1,2, 3,0: 10,1 , 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, ye ae 
Wet 1,5, % 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 29, « 16 « 
Tao 1: 7,8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, « 1 « 
June, 4,7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 28, 24, 26, 30, Fe 
duly, 7, 8, 10, 20, 21, 32, 24, 36, 28. Ge ee 
Aug. 5,9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 23, 24, i ee me 
Sept. 1,2, 4, 6, 7, 8,9, 10, 11, 18, 14, 17, 30, s wos 
Get. 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 13, 14, 15; 16, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 30, a Bs 
Nov. 1, 2,3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 28, 25, Oe er ta 
ce. 1,8, 9, 10, 12; 13, 14, 16, 18, 28, 25, 28, “6 on 
Total for the year 1871, na 
The following is a summary of the Smithsonian observations for 
the past three years: 
Jan.|Feb.|Mar.|April.|May.|June.|July.|Aug.|Sept.|Oct.| Nov.| Dee. 
ame, 35 Fart Marne enya SR OFS" | 1 
ooo | ae pas a1 (23 | 14 | 20] 19] 31) 2 4 12 | 170 
S71, | 11-13] 15 | 16 | 17 17 | 9| 13| 18 | 15110 | 1 
_.The correspondence of these results with the number of — 
visible on the sun’s surface is quite noticeable. The disturba 
of the sun’s surface attained its maximum in 1870, and is now Tap 
Year. 
idly declinin Santen ber of auroras visi- 
a g. It is anticipated that the num! av om 
ble in the United States in iabieniens years will exhibit a similar 
decline, ; ER L. 
