Letter from B. A. Gould. 479 
With the equatorial I was able to follow the comet discovered 
by Tempel Nov. 3, 1871, on every clear night but one from Jan. 
17 to Feb. 21, in spite of its extreme faintness. This comet was 
let 
observed in Europe only for about ten days, and I think the Cor- 
a t . ‘ 
mong my most cherished plans in connection with this expe- 
dition has been that of obtaining photographic impressions of 
prominent star-clusters in this hemisphere, for measurement an 
computation of the same kind as that bestowed, before leaving 
home, upon Mr, Rutherfurd’s photographs of the Pleiades an 
Presepe. With this view I made an earnest but unsuccessful 
effort in Boston to obtain the needful means by subscription. 
But in December last some of my near 
necessary funds for the es a and equipment of a trained pho- 
of thirty-six stars in the cluster in Scorpio, and a he 
images oe the brighter stars are slightly elongated, they are jon 
f the beautiful micrometer which has in his own : 
such exquisite work, I cherish some hope of being able to se 
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