AT SANTIAGO DE CHILE. 



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Remarks. 



Fine morning. Images (rood and motion equable. Cirri prevented earlier measures. There_is a small star preceding the planet 4s. or 5s., which 

 at the commencement, was recorded as below it. 



a Very good measures. c Planet certainly south of the preceding star. 



b Planet s south limb and the preceding star precisely d Daylight. Rejected this pair. 



on the same parallel. 

 Diameter of Venus from a mean of 10 measures, by daylight, at 13A. 15m. sid. time, 2.059 rev. Corrected diameter, 38&quot;. 00. 



Results. 



h. m. s. 

 Mean . . Eight transits ..... 121935.28 



h. s. s. 



Correction for chronometer at 12 20 . . . . 49.50 



)i. in. 

 A pat ]2 22 



m. s. Rev. 



6 38.10 . , . , +8.966 



Santiago sid. time S. F. 



// 

 . 0.14 



= 2 54.75 



h. m. s. 

 12 18 45.78 



JANUARY 25, 1851. 



Cirri prevented the morning observation*. 



