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able to find first the elements of the orbit of
the August meteor shower (Perseids), and
to show its identity with the orbit of Tut-
tle’s comet 1862.iii. Then, in January 1867,
Le Verrier gave the elements of the Novem-
ber meteor shower (Leonids); and Peters, of
Altona, identified these with Oppolzer’s ele-
ments for Tempel’s comet 1866–Schiaparelli
having independently attained both of these
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