AT SANTIAGO DE CHILE. 213 



il \ l!< II 15, 1853 Continued. 



R< marks. 



Unite clear ; so that several minute slurs are discernible which were not seen last night. There is, however, a haze or blur about the planet, and 

 an unsteadiness of motion which somewhat impairs the observations. 



a Recorded 46. 3. at wire 0. b Recorded 37.8s. at wire D. c Recorded 56. 5s. at wire B. 



Results. 



h. m. K. 9. Rev. ' " 



Mean S. F. . . Twenty transits ... 7 3554.75 -f- 43. 726 .... 1.104 .... =02! .52 



Mean N. P. . . Twenty transits ... 7 38 17.68 +44.365 . . . , 0.533 . . . . =0 10.39 



h. m. m. g. . m. s. 



Correction for chronometer at 7 36 . . . 542.21 Santiago aid. time S. F 73012.54 



Correction for chronometer at 7 38 . . . 542.22 Santiago sid. time N. P 73235.46 



Interval 2 22.92 



A P. F. limbs in A. R. reduced to arc . . . 9. 88 A N. S. limbs micr. in rev 0.571 = 11.13 



Variation of A. R. in 2m. 23s +0.80 Variation of declination in 2m. 23s. . 4. 0.34 



Observed P. F. diameter 10.38 Corr. for diam. of micr. wires ... 8.20 



Observed N. S. djameier .... 9.27 



h. m. H h. m. ' 



A pat 7 31 . 0.02 A pat 7 33 O.OJ 



