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TRANSIT OF VENUS, 1874. KAILUA. 



November 23. The clock was stopped at 2 h . 3o, Sidereal, to lengthen the pendulum. The seconds for j> II. at each wire 

 are 47"8, o"-5, i3"9, 27"-6, 4i"2. Sum of instrumental corrections, +i"'76; correction applied for }) 's motion 



November 1 24. ij Piscium and i Auriga;, the illumination nearly failed. The seconds for 5 II. at each wire are 43'- 1, 56-6, 



io'-i, 24'-!, 37*'7. Sum of instrumental corrections, +i'-86; correction for J 's motion in R.A., +o s -o9. The clock 



was stopped at i h . 5o m , Sidereal, to lengthen the pendulum. 

 November 26. J II. 42" i, 55" 3, 8"- 5, 22" i, 35"8. Sum of instrumental corrections, +2'-oo. Correction for J 's motion 



in R.A., +o ! -o9. The level -was adjusted before the observations. The Azimuth was partially adjusted on \ Ursa; 



Minoris' S.P. with wire d. The sky then clouded over. 



