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INFERIOR CONJUNCTION OF VENUS, 1852, 



Remarks. 



Images not very sharp, though the measures have generally been satisfactory. Lalande s magnitudes are full 1 greater than Bessel s. 

 a Recorded 50.5s. at wire C. c Tolerably sharp. 



b A hair was found on the inner lens of the eye-piece, d Daylight. 



holding wire D out of place. e Recorded 19.5s. ai wire E. 



Results. 



Mean N. F. 

 Mean S. F. 



Five transits 

 Five transits 



h. m. 



Correction for chronometer at 4 11 

 Correction for chronometer at 4 17 



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

 Variation of declination in 6m. 38s. 

 Corr. for diam. of micr. wires . 

 Observed N. S. diameter 



h. m. &amp;gt;. 

 4 10 32.16 

 4 17 10.49 



+ 2 11.31 

 + 2 11.32 



! = 35.29 



0.26 



2.20 

 33.83 



-4 0.65 

 3 59.71 



Rev. 



+ 12.798 

 + 14.660 



= 4 9.43 

 = 4 45.72 



h. m. s. 

 Santiago sid. time N. F 4 12 43.47 



Santiago sid. time S. F 41921.81 



Interval 6 38.34 



h. m. 

 A p at 4 15 0.41 



A pat 4 21 0.43 



