AT SANTIAGO DE CHILE. 



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Remarks. 



A tolerably good night for observations, occasionally varied by sudden changes in the atmospheric condition, which made both objects appear to 

 move by jumps. The measures, however, are pretty fair. 



a Recorded 36.5s. at wire D. d Recorded N. P. omitted in results. 



b Recorded 59.3s. at wire B. e Recorded 56.0s. at wire C. 



c Micrometer recorded +3.47 rev. 



Results. 



h. m. s. 



Mean N.P. . . Twenty transits . . 5 034.88 

 Mean S.F. . Twenty-four transits . 5 258.39 



h. m. 



Correction for chronometer at 5 1 . 

 Correction for chronometer at 5 3 . 



14.63 

 14.63 



+41.927 

 +42.923 



Rev. 



+0.967 

 0.016 



Santiago sid. time N. P. 

 Santiago sid. time S. F. 

 Interval 



= 18.91 

 = 0.31 



h. m. s. 

 5 20.25 

 5 2 43.76 

 2 23.51 



A P. F. limbs in A. R. reduced to arc 

 Variation of A. R. in 2m. 23s. . . 

 Observed P. F. diameter .... 



h. m. 



A p a* 5 



14.94 



+ 2.35 



17.29 



0.02 



A N. S. limbs micr. in rev 0.986 = 19.22 



Variation of declination in 2m. 23s. . . + 0.00 



Corr. for diameter of micr. wires ... 2.20 



Observed N. S. diameter 17.02 



h. m. 

 A p at 5 2 0.00 



