agon, inclosing as great as the comet’s. We have, therefore, in a moon is nearest us on the comet a quantity of mate- 14th, and remotest on the rial very much less than 28th. She is in conjunc- enough to make a planet, tion with Jupiter on the spread through a volume 2d, Venus on the 7th, Mer- far… … Western| Hort bore upon the questions of with those shown by the river and canal develop- light from the base of a ment and operation, with candle flame or a Bunsen their relation to commerce burner. and industry, with espe- We may therefore re- cial reference to modern gard a comet as a swarm…
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