AT SANTIAGO DB CHILE. 



Remarks. 



Night clear. The planet being flaring and unsteady, put on the cap with an aperture ot 4 inches. This permitted the first six measures to be made 

 very well. 



a A little blurred. d Very difficult to observe. 



b Blurred and tremulous. e Too tremulous. 



c Both objects blurred and tremulous. 



Results. 



Mean .... Nine transits . . 



h. m. 



Correction for chronometer at 22 37 



h. m. s. 

 . 22 37 6.42 



m. s. 

 . 3 29.08 



m. s. Rev. 



+ 6 30.59 .... +0.244 . . 



Santiago sid. time N. P. 



h. m. &quot; 



A p at 22 30 0.00 



/ it 

 . 4.76 



h. m. s. 

 22 33 37.34 



NOVEMBER 5, 185O. 



Cloudy. 



