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extraordinary nature. It appeared like a white spot, of very 
little density, and without the appearance of a nucleus. It had 
then only the beginning of a tail, and was not visible to the 
naked eye. On the January, M. Pons again examined the 
comet, but what was very singular, it had changed its figure 
without having changed its place. Though he had not been 
able on the 21st to take its exact position, yet he had laid down 
its relative position to the neighbouring stars. Not only was its 
light more intense, but its tail had changed its shape in the 
course of a day. It was now two degrees long, and resembled 
a Jet d’eau. M. Pons supposed that its light was rapidly in- 
creasing, and that it would soon be seen by the naked eye. 
Astronomers will readily find it in 0° 30' of right ascension, and 
18° of north declination, near ^ and u of Pegasus, stars of the 
sixth magnitude. The preceding comet was re-discovered in this 
country, by Mr James Veitch of Inchbonny, near Jedburgh, on 
the 19th of February, when it was distinctly visible to the naked 
eye, being situated a little to the NW. of Algenib, near to the 
tip of the wing of Pegasus. 
5. Observations of the Solar Eclipse of the '^th September . — 
The following observations of the solar eclipse have been made 
by Colonel Scherer at St Gall, by MM. Horner and Peer at 
Zurich, by Oriani at Milan, by Santini at Padua, and by M. 
Bouvard at Fiume : , 
Beginning. 
Formation 
of Ring. 
Rupture 
of Ring. 
End. 
St GaU, 
1^19' 8."05 
2h 44' 38" 10 
2^ 49' 1".88 
Zurich, 
1 14 56.6 
2 42 3.88 
2 43 41.42 
4^3' 41 ".97 
1 15 0.39 
2 42 15.05 
2 43 49.8 
4 3 42.67 
Milan, 
1 22 7.5 
4 10 48.7 
Padua, 
1 36 20.6 
3 0 57.2 
3 6 14.1 
4 24 53.3 
Fiume, 
- 
3 13 31.6 
3 18 45.6 
4 34 8.6 
TheXatitude of St Gall is 47® 25' W , and its Long. 7° 2^ E. of Paris. 
The Lat. of Zurich is 47° 22* 2T-'^ and its Long. 24' 50" of time E. of Paris. 
The Latitude of Fiume is 45° 20' 10". 
See the Bibliotheque Universelle, Novembre 1820, p. 223. 
6. Geocentric Places of Pallas from Api'il 1. to July SO. 1821. 
•—The following geocentric places of Pallas have been calcula- 
ted by M. Staudt : 
