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All the above obfcrvLitions of the Internal Confab, are reduced to the time of; the royal obfcr- 

 vatory of Paris, allowing for the dilferencc of lueriiliiina, &c. 



N. B. The Jlxicrmi!. ContaFf was miffed by all the Freach obfervers, the Sun being in a cloud. 

 Monf. il^(^/Vr meafurcd the diameter of $ , and found the grcatcft meafure 56I"; c*ud the 



CAPE FRANCOIS; Lat. 19°. 4;/. Long, not given. 

 H. m. fee. 



%. 44. 44 lilt, ditto. S ^^""^- ^"'^"^ '^^^'^ a jfcetacromatictclefcopc. 



M A R T I N I C O. 



5. 15, 14 Ext. cont.7 T5 -rr -VT ■ r t ■ , , . , 



t zl. 57 int. ditto. 5 I^y amiflionary. Neither latitude nor longitude given. 

 AUSTIN AFFAIRS, London; f of time call of St. PauFs*; that is l8^'| woO of Greenwich. 



Mr. Albcriy with a % feet rcllcdor; power ito. He fays that 6' 

 after the time marked for the internal contad the light of Q's 

 limb was completed. 



7- 

 1- 



10. 2Sy Ext. cont. 

 9, oo| Int. ditto. 





WINDSOR CASTLE; lat. sf- s^'. rf. N. long. a'. 24"^ W. 

 ', R ^o3 Fvt ront ^ By Mr. /r^^rnV, mathematical maOer, of Chiia'.s Hofpital; with 



I' 26 ^7^ nt'duo C an J 8 inch reik-aor of .9/..r/'s power 55 times. ? '. Jiamxter iic 

 7. ao. 37a iiit. auto. ^ makes 5y"|; Q's diameter 3I^ 4^''. 



HAST DEREHAM, Norfolk; Lat. s^'^■ 40. 



By Rev. Mr. lVoUafion\ wlio likcwifc o!)fervcd the, 

 Beginning of Q's eclipfe at 1%\\. 44'. 39"" 



30. n^ 



7. 14. 54J Kxt. cont. 



End of the fame at 



ao. 



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P. S. The following liil of correfpoudent cclipfcs of Jupiter's fatelUte are ^iven, for tlie 

 better afcertuining the difference of meridians of Greenwich and GlaJgow. 



GLASGOW OBSERVATORY. 



176a. Apparent 7'imc. 



Sept. II. Im. Toh. 55'. .33'^! 

 Od. 4. Im. II. 13. a^ -f ^ Good. 



1763. Nov. I. Im. 9. a8. ^9 | 

 1765. Dec. 22. Im. 15. 54. :Z5 indiiF. 

 The above obfervations were made by Dr. f^l/foffj with a refiecM;or of Shorl's of iS inches, 



176a. Apparent Time. Corresponding Observations. 



Sept. II. Im. iih. 1%'. 43" Surry^flreetf 2 ketvcih&.or; by Mr. Majhefyie. 



1763°^.;. I.' Im.' '9.' 45 ^5! ^''-rZ-'-^fcctrcflcaor, obfervcd by Mr . .W»rt. 

 1765. Dec. 22. Im. 16. 12- 19 Gw/KwV/', 6 fcctreJlei51;or; hy M\\ Majldyne, 



N. B. Mr, Sl.wr/'s houfc in 5M;-;3'-/7n(r^, where three ofthcfe four obfervations were made, is 

 26"'|- of time weft of Greenwich. By comparing the throe firft obfervations in each of tl^e above 

 lifts, making an allowance of 4^'^ of time for the difference of the two reiledors; Ghfgow Ob- 



iervatory comes out 17'. 10". well of Mr. -bV^or/'s houfe in Surryjlrcet^ or 1 7'. 3 6'''^- of time 

 weft- of tlie royal obferviitory but in tlie above lift it is only reckoned l )•'. 1 1'^ weft. By an im- 

 mediate comparifon of the tvi'o iuimerfions of December 22d, allowing 20" of time for the 

 difference of aperture of the 6 feet rcilct%r, and the rcfietlor of 18 inches, Glafgow will come 



out 17^ 34" weft of Greenwich; agreeing within A^' with the rcfult obtained irom the three 

 former oijfervatlous. ' 



I., Jn Account of the Coh/m^x of thr I'wih.i fi/'VENUS and the SUN, Jme 3(/, 1769, ax obfirvcd by 

 thi Right Bon. WILLIAM £ar/o/STIRLING, cihufcaiat Ikfiem-Uge^ Nno'-jirfey, 



Apparent Time. Lat. ^o". 40^. N, long. 4h. 58, of time weft. 



ah. 16./ co''' Firft difcovery of the external contudi at the iiigrefs. 



a. 34. x% Total ingrefs. 

 The above accouut is extrat^ed frotn his Lordftiip's letter of Jtmeiptb, 1770, to the Rev. Dr. 

 Smith Provoft r^fthe College of Philadelphia, and v/as communicated to the Society, July aoth 



* St. PaursLondoii ir. 'j.^"\ Weft of the royal olvfcrvatory; and its latitude 51^. 3c/. 45^ 

 N. B. The latitude of the royal obfcrvatory at Greetnvich, h 51^. %%', 37". 



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