NO. 6.] INTRODUCTION. CHRONOMETERS. XX 
The observations have been calculated with the Besselian elements given 
in the Connaissance des Temps, and the results have been combined as 
follows : 
1st contact, Hw — Gr. M. T. = 42™ 1928 
god — [4] —>— eee 
Meantiepenc 414 49.5 
Qnd _—s [2] Hw — Gr. M. T. = 41 38 
Definitive mean = 41 44 
On account of Mr. Scott-Hansen’s remark about his observation of the 
224 contact it was deemed reasonable to give it the same weight as the mean 
of the two others. If the two notches which were estimated alike had been 
exactly so, the first mean would be nearer the truth, but the difference is not 
of any importance. 
1895 March 25 (March 26 on board). The circumstances of this eclipse 
which took place about 6 in the afternoon were much less favorable than the 
former. The greatest phase was only 0.045, and the limb of the very low 
sun was so boiling, especially at 2°" contact, that the observations were very 
difficult. 
No stars were observed the same day, but altitudes of » Urs Majoris 
and @ Cygni were taken the day before and the day after; the mean of the 
results, which differ only 24” in latitude and 54° in time, was latitude 84° 8’ 22” 
and Hw 5® 58™ 51° slow on Local Mean Time. 
The observers were Scott-Hansen at the telescope and Sverprup at the 
altazimuth. At 222 contact both observers took care to note, as nearly as 
possible, the moment when the notch was apparently of the same magnitude 
as at 1* contact. The moments, reduced to Hiv, were 
93h 36™ 495 Hansen 
1st contact 
23 36 54 Sverdrup 
rae 0 13 42 Sverdrup 
0 14 59 Hansen 
Last trace in the boiling imb 0 14 54 Sverdrup 
