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INFERIOR CONJUNCTION OF VENUS, 1850-51, 



Remarks. 



Rarely a good measure during the whole inoining, the motion of the planet being wavy, 

 a Blurred. 6 Better. c Tolerably sharp. d Sharp and good. e Daylight. 



JResults. 



h. in. a. 

 Mean . . . Eighteen transits ... 12 138.13 



h. in. K. 



Correction for chronometer at 12 2. . . 47.81 



h. in. 

 A p at 12 2 . . . 



in. s. Rev. 



2 36.51 . . . 3.085 



Santiago sid. time S. F. 



h. m. s. 

 12 50.32 



0.06 



.JANUARY 21 83, 1851. 



No attempt was made to measure the diflereiiccs on the 21st, 2i&amp;gt;d. and 23d, the star being too distant in declination to move the micrometer screw 

 through the space whilst the objects were passing across the field, 



