S, diminished by res x 05.100. These differences Obs. —C 
in seconds of time, are contained in the 11% column. 
From the ee formulae I derived for these | 24 . 
value Ig = > —n (¢q? + eger + ¢,?) = 69500, while for call th 
ferent manners ut distribution of he errors of chbewratan tie 3 m 
of all the values Zy= 6 €,(/)—/;), which values depend only o1 
the magnitude of the errors and on their distribution is_ 
30500. In the computation the mean error of the observatic 
been put 05.028, which value must be regarded as the smallest 
can be assumed on the strength of other investigations. There 
the sinuosity of the interpolation curve must be ascribed for a 
part to errors of observation. | 
(December 24, 1902). 
