86 



TRANSIT OF VENUS, 1874. HONOLULU. 



Day. 



Approx. 

 Local 

 Mean 

 Time. 



Stars or Meridian Mark. 



Apparent 

 Error of 

 Azimuth. 



Remarks. 



i8 7 S. 

 February 7 



io.56 



15. 54 



16. i 

 1 6. 29 



5.5 4 



8. 3o 

 8.55 



9. o 

 10. 28 

 10. 3g 

 10.58 

 15.28 . 

 iS.SS 

 .16. 2 



8.26 

 8. Si 



8.58 

 9.22 

 9.29 

 9 .55 



10. 22 

 10. 30 



15.35 



15. 52 



16. 4 



T 

 R 

 B 



JU 



T 

 T 

 T 

 B 

 B 

 B 



Hi 



NI 

 NI 



B 



R 



R 



NI 



NI 



NI 



NI 



NI 



T 



9 



T 



M.M. 20-281 W 

 M.M. 2o-3o3 W 

 Polaris S.P 

 M.M. 20-260 W... 



Tauri 



7 1 Eridani . 



f 20 248 W. i 



M.M.4 [ 



I 19- 974 E. 1 



M.M. 20-270 W. .. 

 5 TJrsae Minoris S.P. 



M.M. 20-281 W 



M.M. 20- 272 W 



A TJrsae Minoris S.P. o 1 Eridani 



M.M. 20-281 W 



M.M. 20-273 W 



Polaris S.P o 1 Eridani 



M.M. 20-281 W. . 



M.M. 20-271 W 



8 Ursae Miuoris S.P. o 1 Eridani . 



M.M. 20-279 W 



Cephei Si y Tauri . . . 



M.M. 20-289 W 



M.M. 20-248W 



A Ursse Minoris S.P. 7 Tauri . . . 



M.M. 20-285 W 



M.M. 20-325 W 



Polaris S.P a Serpentis . 



M.M. 2o-3i5 W. . 



2-79 



i-o3 



+ 0-48 



+ 0-82 



-f 3-24 



TABLE IV. MERIDIONAL TRANSITS of STARS and of the MOON observed at HONOLULU, and INFERRED 



ERROR of the TRANSIT-CLOCK. 



Day. 



Reading and 

 Position of 

 Micrometer. 

 [Adopted 

 Reading for 



Zero of 

 Collimation.] 



Object observed 



and 

 (Number of Wires). 



Mean observed 



Clock-Time of 



Transit over the 



Center Wire. 



Seconds 

 of True 

 Transit 

 over the 

 Meridian. 



Seconds 



of Star's 



Assumed 



Apparent 



R. A. 



Clock 



apparently 



Slow. 



1874. 

 October 3 



20-825 W. 

 21 -029 E. 

 20 ooo W. 



A Ursae Minoris 

 A Ursae Minoris 

 p Capricorn! . . . 



19. 48. 17-60 

 19. 52. 57-60 

 20.21. 39-02 



42-02 

 42-3i 

 38- 9 5 



46-08 

 46-08 

 41-94 



4-06 



3-77 

 3-99 



