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INFERIOR CONJUNCTION OF VENUS, 1850-61, 



Remarks. 



Considerable haze ground the horizon ; but the planet and itar are both greatly more utrndy than on any preceding night. The ob-erations, 

 throughout, are as good as it is powible to make them on such an object, and in that position of the instrument. 

 a Good observations. c Scarcely visible. 



Tremulous. i Too dim to observe ; recorded 43. 5f. at wire E. 



Results. 



h. m. s. 

 Mean . . Thirty-six transits . . . 33 9 18.16 



h. m. m. a. 



Correction for chronometer at 93 9 . . . 3 10.63 



s. Rev. 



-49.93 .... -5.480 . . 



Santiago fid. time N. P. . 



H 



. 0.06 



/ H 



1 46.81 



h. m. . 

 93 6 7.63 



