260 Ei. 8. Holden— Observations of Comet b, 1881. 
Arr. XXXVII.— Observations of Comet b, 1881, made at the 
Washburn ers, Oni suena of Wisconsin, Madison ; by 
Epwarp 8. Hoi 
THe following siaevaGens of the bright comet of 1881 have 
been made at the: Washburn Dapeng with the be 
e acco anyi 
pte 23 and August 6, and have been kindly ruil ip the 
The | Wash inies aghast il is 0° 49™ 25°-8 west of Washing- 
ton. The times are, however, Chicago mean times, or corre- 
spond toa meridian 0" 7™ 1181 east of our ow, that is 0° 42™ 
14°-7 west of Washington. 
Figure 1; June 24, 14" m. t.—This figure is intended to show 
the whole structure of the head of the comet, with its envelopes. 
There is a star within the tail. 
Figure 2; June 25, 10" m. t.—Sky hazy and outlines of the 
comet set well seen. The drawing shows only the structure of 
* For the cuts illustrating Professor Holden’s paper, this Journal is indebted to 
Me. eat oan — —— of “Science,” in whose pages‘ the above illustrations 
were 
