BULLETIN 



OF THE 



Vol. 4. Salem, Mass., Mat, 1872. No. 5. 



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Eegular Meeting, Monday, April 15, 1872. 



[ Con tinned .] 

 OX THE TRANSIT OF YEXUS. 



The committee to whom was referred the resolution 

 offered by ^Nlr. F. W. Ptituam at the last meeting of the 

 Institute to memorialize Congress for an appropriation to 

 defray the necessary expenses of observations of the 

 approaching Transit of Venus 



REPORT 



That this sul)ject has received the favorable considera- 

 tion of sever.-d of the European govei'nments, and prepara- 

 tions are being made by them for a thorough observation 

 of the coming Transit of Venus, whicli will occur on 

 December 8, 1874. In Russia, whose territory presents 

 many favorable points for observation of the phenomenon, 

 a committee, organized by Prof. Striive, has had under 

 ^consideration, during the past two years, the establish- 

 ment of a chain of observers at positions one hundred 

 miles apart along the region between Kamtschatka and 

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