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hat Uranus suffered perturbatons in his orbit, for
which they could not account by any known cause
Of disturbances. They eonjeeturcd indeed, that Il
might be owing TO the attraction Of planet out
upon the confines Of the system perhaps, but which
was considered beyond their reach.


A frenchman takes up the subject in his closet,
and there with the perfection Of mathematical skill,
creates his Hypothetical planet gives it mass, as
signs an orbit, and period Of revolution to il and
then sets il in motion at distance inconceivably
remote.


He tries his problem, varies his conditions, and
tries again. At last the position, mass, orbit, mo-
on and place such that is attraction satisfies the
anomalies Of Uranus, Astronomers astonished
at his depth Of research, and amazed with his re-
suits. He tells those at Berlin where TO turn their
telescopes; they point them according TO his drec-
tons, and the new planet ale yenier' is there


have had occasion before 10 admire the accom-
plishments Of this Sapani, displayed among other
occasions in predicting the transit of Mercury lin
May, ls45) across the disk Of the Sun. The Eng
lish Nautical Almanac. the Paris and Berlin Ephi-
merides, all differed among themselves as TO the
beginning, duration, and end of this transit


Seeing the discrepancies among such authorities,
M LIE Verrier, from new set Of tables pre- pared
by himself, made his predictions, which differed
from all the rest and were confirmed by our
observations in a remarkable manner.


The probable distance Of this new planet from
the earth is not less than three thousand millions
of miles, and its period Of revolution upwards OF
two hundred years, perhaps nearly three times that
Of Uranus. Its discoyerer thinks II the larger Of the
two. H.F. ~ t
have the honor to be, very respectfully, your


- ME- MAURY,


Lieutenant United States Navy.
The Hon. JoHS Y. mason,


Secretary Of the Navy,