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INFERIOR CONJUNCTION OF VENUS, 1850-51, 



Remarks. 



The early measures of this morning are not very good, botli objects being blurred and unsteady. 



a Much blurred and unsteady. e Pretty fair. 



l&amp;gt; A little bettor. / Sharp. 



c Much blurred again. g Good. 



d Alternately north and south limbs, commencing with h Sharp and good, 



the seventh differential measure. i Daylight. 



Diameter of Venus from a mean of 10 measures, at 14h. 15m. fid. time, 1.751 rev. Corrected diameter, 31&quot;. 93. 



Results. 



h. m. s. 



Mean S. F. . . Twenty-three transits . 13 818.79 

 Mean N. F. . . Seventeen transits . . 131959.63 



32.44 



31.13 



Rev. 

 + 2.497 



+ 4.189 



= 48.67 

 = 1 21.64 



