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 waa sharp or steady. 



Diameter of Venus from a mean of 5 measures at 3A. 17m. sid. time, 3.003 rev. Corrected diameter, 56>'.53. 



Results. 



Mean N. F. 

 Mean S. F. 



Two transits 

 Two transit* 



li. in. 

 Correction for chronometer at 2 57 . 



Correction for chronometer at 3 3 . 



A N. S, limbs mier. in rev. . . . 

 Variation of declination in 5m. 24>. . 

 Corr. for diam. of micr. wires 

 Observed N. 8. diameter .... 



h. m. 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. ' " 



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

 + 320.19 .... +7.492 .... =226.02 



h. m. s. 



Santiago sid. time N. F 25756.28 



Santiago sid. time 8. F 33 20.46 



Interval 534.18 



h. m. ' 



A pat 2 56 0.38 



A pat 3 2 0.51 



AUGUST I, a, mill 3, 1802. 

 Cloudy. 



