AT SANTIAGO DE CHILE. 



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Remarks. 



Morning similar to that of yesterday. The planet twinkling to the eye; and after the second observation its crescent was plainly visible without 

 the telescope. During the first two observations neither object was sharp or steady. 



Diameter of Venus from a mean of 5 measures at 3h. 17m, sid. time, 3.003 rev. Corrected diameter, 56&quot;.53. 



Mean N. F. 

 Mean S. F. 



Two transits 

 Two transits 



h. m. 



Correction for chronometer at. 2 57 . 

 Correction for chronometer at 3 3 . 



A N. S. limbs micr. in rev. 

 Variation of declination in 5m. 24s. 

 Corr. for diam. of micr. wires 

 Observed N. S. diameter . 



Results. 



h. in. s. 



2 57 29.67 



3 2 53.85 



s. 



. +26.61 

 . +26.61 



3.012 = 58.70 



+ 0.39 



2.20 



56.89 



m. s. Rev. &quot; 



+ 319.67 .... +4.480 .... =127.32 

 + 390.19 .... +7.492 .... =226.02 



h. m. s. 



Santiago sid. time N. F 25756.28 



Santiago sid. time S. F 33 20.46 



Interval 5 24.18 



h. m. 



A pat 2 56 0.38 



A pat 3 2 0.51 



AUGUST 1, 3, and 3, 1853. 



Cloudy. 



