390 



INFERIOR CONJUNCTION OF VENUS, 1850-51, 



Remarks. 



Stars dim, and planet undefined and blurred. A 6. 



a The recorded reading here is corrected in the mean, it being evidently forty seconds too large. 



Results. 



Venus 



Venus S. P. 



Venus N.P. 



h. in. s. 



Four comparisons .... 6 945.39 

 Con ec .ion of chronometer . +29.46 



h. m. s. 



Four comparisons . . . . 6 12 39.00 

 Correction of chronometer . + 29.46 



Mean of chronometer times. 



A a. A &amp;lt;5. 



m. s. Rev. 



1 29.13 + 6.132 



At .... 0.24 



+1 34&quot;. 26 



Ap . . . . + 0.03 + 0&quot;.59 

 m. s. Rev. 



1 28.76 + 8.469 



At .... 0.24 



+2 10&quot;. 18 



Ap . . . . + 0.04 + 0&quot;.81 



