152 Schmidt on Linne. 



SCHMIDT ON LINNE. 



Extract from a letter addressed by Herr Schmidt to W. R. 

 Birt, dated Athens, 1867, January 25 : — 



"From 1866, October 16th, to 1867, January 24th, I have 

 observed Linne at every opportunity the weather permitted, 

 the result being as follows : — 



(e 1st. In high illumination Linne is always as in preceding 

 years, visible as a light spot, somewhat fainter than 7 Posido- 

 nius. The difference of the sun's height has then no perceptible 

 effect upon its appearance. Not until the sun's height becomes 

 less than 5° is the light spot smaller and fainter. 



" 2nd. In lower altitudes of the sun and close upon the 

 phase, not only is a crater never visible, but there appears in 

 good light, and with magnifying powers from 300 to 600 at 

 most, a very delicate hill of 300 toises (1918*4 English feet) 

 diameter, and five to six toises (between 30 and 40 English 

 feet) in height. As a crater Linne has entirely disappeared. 



" The light spot is always visible, but the crater-form has 

 never been visible from October until the present time. 



•'•'January 24d. 17h. 18h. Linne had a faint light-tail of a 

 mile (3800 toises or 4*6 English miles) in length, which I had 

 not remarked since October. 



''•'January 25d. 14h. to 16h. Light exceedingly good, de- 

 creasing sun height on Linne, now 12° to 13°. No crater 

 and the light cloud visible. In it (as on December 26) a very 

 faint black point, to the west of it a fine white summit." 



AKCILEOLOGIA. 



We have the satisfaction of opening this month with the announce- 

 ment that, by a great act of generous and munificent public spirit 

 on the part of its proprietor, the well-known Mayer Museum has 

 become the property of the town of Liverpool, and, therefore 

 of the nation. The name of Joseph Mayer has left a lasting 

 impress on the archaeology of this country. In the struggle to 

 raise archaeological science from the low condition into which 

 it had fallen half a century ago, which resulted in the establish- 

 ment of the Archaeological Association and the Archaeological 

 Institute, Mr. Mayer was an active coadjutor, and from that 

 time to the present he has ever been the first to offer his assistance 

 either in promoting excavations or discoveries or in aiding in 

 the publication of works of historical or antiquarian utility. As 

 an example of what he has done in this latter class of labours, 

 we need only mention the Inventorium S&pulchrale of Bryan Faussett, 



