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INFERIOR CONJUNCTION OF VENUS, 1852, 



35, 36, 37, 1853. 



Cloudy. 



JUNE 38, 1853. 



Cloudy. There was quite a. sharp earthquake between 1 and 2 A. M. 



JUNE 39 to JULY 4, 1853. 



Cloudy. 



JULY 5, 1853. 



There was a severe earthquake from ~Ih. 37m. 17s. to &quot;h. 37m. 52s. sid. time. The night was cloudy. 



.Remarks . 



Very sharp and steady until the last observation. 



Results. 



Mean N. P. 



h. m. s. 

 Four transits . . . 13 8 30.95 



m. s. Rev. 



+ 3 9.76 .... +5.280 . 



h. m. 



Correction for chronometer at 13 8 



m. s. 

 . 1 7.21 



Santiago sid. time N.P , 



h. m. s. 

 13 7 23.71 



h. m. 

 A pat 13 6 , . 0.53 



JULY 7, 1853. 



At night the comparing star was not perceptible through the thin cirri until 13h. sid. time, at which time the planet had become too much blurred 

 for measures. 



JULY f, 1853. 



Atmosphere this evening far worse than last night. 



