300 



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. 



Mean of chronometer times. 



Venus , 



Venus S. P. < 



Venus N.P. < 



h. in. s. 



Four comparisons .... 6 9 45.39 

 Conec'.ion of chronometer . -f 29.46 



h. m. g. 



Four comparisons .... 61239.00 

 Correction of chronometer . + 29.46 



m. s. 



1 29.13 



At .... 0.24 



0.03 

 m. s. 



. . 1 28.76 

 . 0.24 



Ap . . . . + 



At 



Ap . . . . + 



0.04 



Rev. 

 + 6.132 



+ 1' 34".26 

 + 0".59 

 Rev. 

 + 8.469 



+ 2' 10". 18 

 + 0".81 



