AT SANTIAGO DE CHILE. 



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Remarks. 



a Much hlurrcil and unsteady. d Sharp and good measures. 



6 Better. e Beautiful. 



c Clean. / Micrometer recorded 11. 12 rev. 



Diameter of Venus at 13/i. ISm. from a mean of 10 measures, 1.954 rev. Corrected diameter, 35''. 83. 



Results. 



ll. m. 8. 

 Mean . . . Eight transits .... 12 32 47.03 



h. in. s. 



Correction for chronometer at 12 33 . . . 51.07 



m. s. Rev. 



6 12.67 .... +8.572 . . 



Santiago sid. time S. F. 



h. m. s. 

 12 31 55.96 



li. m. 

 A pat 12 35 0.13 



JANUARY a8, 1851. 



