OCCULTATIONS 



OF 



PLANETS AND STARS BY THE MOON, 



DURING THE TEAK 



1853. 



COMPUTED BY JOHN DOWNES, 



EXPENSE OF THE FUI^D APPEOPEIATED BY CON'GEESS 



FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A 



'$m(ml %\mm(, 



AND PUBLISHED BY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



WASHINGTON. 

 1853. 



