...year) has done more ; it has given us the probable prospect of the discovery of another. We see it as Columbus saw America from the shores of Spain....hardly inferior to that of ocular demonstration." It is true, that the way had by this time been well paved for the majestic approach of the new planet,...

...which Sir F. Herschel was so convinced, that' speaking of the indicated planet, he said' " We see it as Columbus saw America from the shores of Spain....hardly inferior to that of ocular demonstration." This has at length been afforded. Mr. Hind recently announced in the Times that he had received a letter...

...adding, " it has done more, it has given us the probable prospect of the discovery of another. We see it as Columbus saw America from the shores of Spain....hardly inferior to that of ocular demonstration." This striking paragraph, as subsequently explained, had a twofold reference to the calculations of...

...that' speaking of the indicated planet, he said' " We see it as Columbus saw America from the shores ot Spain. Its movements have been felt, trembling along...with a certainty hardly inferior to that of ocular demonstra'ion." This has at length been afforded. Mr. Hind recently announced in the Times that he...

...We see it as Columbus saw Amène from the shores of Spain. Its movement» h»«e 332 THE BABOON. 333 been felt, trembling along the far-reaching line of...hardly inferior to that of ocular demonstration." — These expressions are not reported in any of ihe papers which profess to give an account of the...

...supposed planet disturbing Uranus. I am authorised by Sir J. HERSCHEL'S printed statement in the Athenaeum of October 3, to ascribe to the strong expressions...the search for the suspected planet. M. LE VERRIER'S answer reached me, I believe, on the ist of July. The following are extracts from it: @ No. 14. 肱・ム...

...expressions which I then used the remarkable sentence in Sir J. Herschel's address, on September the 10th, to the British Association assembled at Southampton...inferior to that of ocular demonstration.' And I am authorized by Professor Challis, in oral conversation, to state that the same expressions of mine induced...

...adding, " It has done more, it has given us the probable prospect of the discovery of another. We see it as Columbus saw America from the shores of Spain....hardly inferior to that of ocular demonstration.'' This striking para190 191 graph, as subsequently explained, had a twofold reference to the calculations...

...adding, " It has done more, it has given us the probable prospect of the discovery of another. We see it as Columbus saw America from the shores of Spain....hardly inferior to that of ocular demonstration." This striking paragraph, as subsequently explained, had a twofold reference to the calculations of...

...— " It has done more: it has given us the probable prospect of another. We see it as Columbus enw America from the shores of Spain. Its movements have...hardly inferior to that of ocular demonstration." And the same discussion led Professor Challis to contemplate a search for the suspected dinhirber, —...