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Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ...during the eclipse in May. Telescopes For Sale.--A 4i-inch Bvrne, telescope and spectroscope, tested by L. M. Rutherford of New York City, 72-inch focus, in perfect order, and stand, a power of 450. Battery of eye-pieces, sun-diagonal, sun-shade. Equatorially mounted, 5-inch circles graduated, 2 verneirs. Cost $590. Also, a 3-inch telescope corrected by Byrne stand,a power of 300, 42-inch focus, on an alt. az. stand. Said to be a good instrument. Sun-diagonal, sun-shade. Cost $200. Sold on account of a death in family. Address, MessenGer. EDITORIAL NOTES. Lines seven and eight from the bottom of page 143 contain rediculous misprints, seen too late for correction. They should read twelve minutes and four minutes instead of degrees. Acting Director H. C. Wilson of Cincinnati, favors us with the translation of a valuable article from a late number of Ceil et Terre on D'ArRest's comet. The ephemerides of this comet have been published for several months past, and astronomers in Europe and America have been deligently searching for it, but without sccess so far as reported. Professor H. A. Howe, University at Denver, Colorado, has been spending some part of his vacation with friends in Chicago. He is industriously pursuing special work in mathematics, as college duties will permit. We are glad to announce that he has kindly consented to review, for the Messenger, any late works on mathematics which publishers or authors may send him. Professor C. E. Pickering was present at a late meeting, June, 8,) of the Royal Astronomical Society, London, and gave a description of recent work, at Harvard college observatory, which elicited much general interest and drew out favorable comment from leading members of the Society. He had with himj the proof-sheets of his new cat...
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