' 4:>^ ^ 



IS()2— t>i 



1 SC.:)— (■)»■> 



|S(w-C)S 

 IXC)'.) — 70 

 IS71-72 

 1873-74 



IS'. 12 



ISIT) 

 IS! IC) 

 •1S07 



isys 



iS99 

 -190O 

 1901 

 1902 



If we ('xaiuiiK' llic \;ihies of />, il appears that the jjcriodic 

 cliai'aclei' which hcfore Ihev scM'iiicd lo i-cAcal, has hecoiiie miieh 

 h'ss (lisliiict, whih' the prcccdiiin- i-ciiiarks point to tlie possibility 

 thai ;dso the coi-recled \aliies ot7> and r niav still he all'ected ])\ seiisihjo 

 sysleiiiatie ciTor.s, I'oi' instance hv an en-or of Haxskn's parallax of 

 the moon. Kor the time hciiiu- there is therefore no snfficienl I'casoii 

 to assnnie the existence of nnknowii ine(pialilies in the inclination 

 and the loniiilnde of the node. 



The mean residts foi the two elements then IxM-onie: 



Mean 1885 -0" 10 +7".0 



