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ington, that it seemed too much to expect that opposition would now 
entirely and forever cease. But thus far, opposition (if any has been 
entertained) seems to have remained quiet; and we are now presented 
with the first fruits of the Observatory, in a quarto volume of 550 
ges. e could wish that the observations were printed from larger 
type, on thicker paper, and that the volume was furnished with a more 
2100 observations were obtained, averaging about six per day. At 
Greenwich the average is about eight per day. As to amount of work, 
refore, our own ory compares well with Greenwich. Bu 
the twelve stars which were most frequently observed with the transit 
Instrument, and have compared the mean Right Ascensions deduced 
from them. These ma 
WASHINGTON. ti Lic Se 
© iNo. obs. | =xtreme diffe, Object. )No obs./Extreme diffs, 
« Andromede, | 38 : Polaris, i] % 
egas 40 24 | Spica, 32 47 
Cassiopeia, | 86 54 {y Bootis, 31 28 
Ceti, } 39 76 | Arcturus, 47 BD. 
32 70 = {e Bootis, 22 
36 49 «Cor. Borealis, | 30 22 
33 85 fa Lyre 27 v7 
33 54 ty Aquiler, 37 28 
33 56 | {a Aquile, 47 38 
5 Pegasi, 38 67 [3 Aquile, 28 34 
« Piscis Australis,| 44 54 |¢ Pegasi, 33 27 
& Pegasi, 3 33.“ Pegasi, 34 27 
» The average difference between the extreme obser vations at Wash- 
ington is 08-54; at Greenwich, 0°30. We consider it highly credita- 
