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INFERIOR CONJUNCTION OF VENUS, 1852, 



AUGUST 36, 1853 Continued. 



Remarks. 



The planet was so very badly defined and unsteady that it was impossible to make even a second-rate measure. The star is extremely small for a 

 9th magnitude. There is another preceding it, and some 18 revolutions farther north. 



a Omitted in the results. 



Results. 



Mean S. F. . . One transit . 

 Mean N. F. . . Three transits , 

 h. in. 



Correction for chronometer at 3 29 

 Correction for chronometer at 3 32 



A N. S. limbs micr. in rev. . . . 

 Variation of declination in 3m. 19s. 

 Corr. for diam. of micr. wires . 

 Observed N. S. diameter . . 



Remarks. 



Same remarks as yesterday, only, if possible, there is a worse condition of the atmosphere. The star is at least 1 magnitude smaller than the one 



in A. R. 8A. 33m. 18s. dec. + 15 56 . 



a Omitted in the results. 



