Miscellaneous Intelligence. 



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2. Daphne (41) was discovered May 22, 1856, by II. Goldschmidt, at 

 Paris. It was then about as bright as a star of 11-1 2th magnitude. 



3. Isis (42) was discovered May 23, 1856, by Mr. Pogson, first Assistant 

 at the Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford, Eng. It was then rather brighter 

 than a star of the 10th magnitude. 



From the observations of May 28th and June 1st at Oxford and June 

 9th at Berlin, Mr. C. F. Pape has computed the following elements : 

 Epoch, 1856, June 9,52295, M. T. Berl. 

 Mean anomaly, - - . 311° 19' 2l"*9 



Long, of perihelion, - - 310 35 34 '9 ) Mn. Eqnx. 



" " asc. node, - 85 13 31 -3 j Jan. 0, 1856. 



Inclination, - - - 8 8 36 -6 



Angle of excentricity, - V 45 47 *3 



Log. semi-axis major, - - 0*359801 



Log. mean daily motion, - - 3*010306 



[Astr. Nach., No. 1031. 



V. MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



1. American Association for the Advancement of Science. — The Tenth 

 Meeting of the American Association commenced at Albany on Wednes- 

 day the 20th of August last. Prof. James Hall of Albany was President 

 of the year. The local committee of the city had made liberal and well- 

 appointed arrangements for the occasion, and during the sessions devoted 

 themselves most attentively to the interests of the Association, calling 

 forth at the close a unanimous and hearty vote of thanks. The legisla- 

 tive halls of the State Capitol were thrown open for the meetings, and 

 the whole building, and also the new and spacious Geological Hall, for 

 generous evening entertainments. The citizens of Albany in various 

 ways expressed a welcome to the Association, giving free invitations to 

 places of public interest, besides opening their houses to many of its mem- 

 bers, and inviting all to evening levees. This hospitality has followed 

 the Association since its formation, wherever it has met, but no place has 

 exceeded the very liberal arrangements made at Albany. 



The meeting was in keeping with the munificence of the city, being 

 by far the largest that has been held, numbering among its members 

 some from places a thousand miles off to the south and west, as well as 

 a deputation from Canada. And if there were not a large number from 

 Europe also, it was through no want of effort and liberality on the part 

 of the Albanians, or of free passages offered by the steamships and packets 

 of the Atlantic. 



The sessions continued till Thursday morning, the 28th, when the Asso- 

 ciation adjourned to meet on the 12th of August, 1857, at Montreal, in 

 compliance with an invitation from the City Council and Natural History 

 Society of that City. The officers appointed for the ensuing year are Prof. 

 J. W. Bailey of West Point, President; Prof. A. Caswell of Providence, 

 Vice-President ; Prof. John LeConte of South Carolina, General Sec- 

 retary ; and Prof. J. Lovering, of Cambridge, was continued as Perma- 

 nent Secretary. 



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