8:47 P.M.
It contains the scientific conclusion regarding this great experiment of the Gun Club . LONG 'S PEAK , December 12 . To the Officers of the Observatory of Cambridge . The projectile discharged by the Columbiad at Stones Hill has been detected by Messrs. Belfast and J. T. Maston , 12th of December , at 8:47 P.M. , the moon having entered her last quarter . This projectile has not arrived at its destination . It has passed by the side ; but sufficiently near to be retained by the lunar attraction . The rectilinear movement has thus become changed into a circular motion of extreme velocity , and it is now pursuing an elliptical orbit round the moon , of which it has become a true satellite .