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3 portions ; E. in 2 : Schm. — 6, mnch the same : Schw. One 

 break on each side at place of Ball's division; E. somewhat 

 the longer : Schm. — 7, the same : Schw. and Hab. E. the 

 longer; Schm. who saw one break E. 2 W., so Argelander, 

 who did not think them quite dark. — 8, W. and 2 spots plainer, 

 E. and point weaker: Schw. and Hab. llh. 15m., break in 

 each ansa, near Ball's, div. : 12h. 15m., W. the broader as 

 before, E. the longer with 2 breaks; 14h. (very fine, power 

 600) W. in 3, E. in 2 parts, but all W. broader, brighter, 

 and stronger, ; E. perhaps longer and very pointed : Schm. — 



9, W. very broad, points well divided; E. narrower, but of 

 sharper light, showing besides old point, 2 fainter ones nearer 

 globe, from which to the nearest was an extremely faint line. 

 It seemed as though both ansse were not in one plane, but E. 

 was a little sloped towards S. : Schw. One break, probably 

 more, on each side ; proportions E. and W., as yesterday : 

 Schm. — 10, the same in all respects : Schw. and Hab. — 11, 

 W. only one longish thickening; E. three points: Schw. — 



10, 11, break on each side; E. the longer: Schm. — 11, no 

 prominences: B. II. — 12, W. certain; E. nothing but 2 ex- 

 tremely fine points : Schw. — 13, Earth passed to dark side ; 

 W. perhaps visible close to ball : B. II. — 18, ring extremely 

 delicate ; W. 2 fixed points : B. I. — Oct. 5, interrupted, 

 especially W. : B. II. — 6, 7, rather broken, especially E. : B. 

 II. — 12, disconnected, and 2 points : B. II. — 20, 23, inequali- 

 ties as in July : B. I. II. — 28, the dark part across the ball 

 uneven : B. I. — Nov. 3, symmetrically interrupted, but broader 

 E. : B. I.— 13, 29, dark part uneven: B. I.— 1849, Jan 6, 

 brightest E. : B. II. — 19, after earth had passed to illuminated 

 S. side, ring rough, broken and not joining ball and longer 

 E. : B. I. ; these differences not perceived : B. II. — 21, W. un- 

 questionably the broader, but less defined and fainter, broadest 

 at end, and with a knot of light; E. carried 2, possibly 3 

 points : Schw. A strong point at end of E ; doubtful whether 

 ansa touches either it or. ball ; fainter and less distant point on 

 "W. which touches ball : Schm. — 27, W. uniform; points on E. 

 doubtful. E. seems longer than W., and not joined to globe : 

 Schw. — 29, ditto ; greater length of E. obvious : Schw. — 31, 

 no points, but ansse very unequal ; W. evidently the shorter, 

 less defined, and fainter; yellowish; E. orange; joined to ball 

 by a feeble line : Schw. Giinther in Breslau, 1848, Sept. 5, 

 found ansae disjoined from ball, and E. distinctly brighter than 

 W. — Sept. 7, Busch at Konigsberg saw a fixed point at the 

 very end of E., one nearer ball on W. So Wichmann. — 8, point 

 on W. invisible; on E. somewhat nearer ball. — 9, 10, point at 

 end of E— 11, W. brighter than E. 



The observations at the last epoch of similar presentation, 



