60 Notes on some of the Physical Appearances 



German. 



Dutch. 



Arabic. 



Brahman. 



Sonntag 



Zondag 



Youm el ahad 



Addita varam 



Montag 



Maandag 



Yonm eth thani 



Soma varam 



Dienstag 



Dingsdag 



Youm eth thaleth 



Mangala varam 



Mittwoch 



Woensdag 



Youm el arbaa 



Bouta varam 



Donnerstag 



Donderdag 



Youm el khamis 



Brahaspati varam 



Preitag 



Vrijdag 



Youm el djoumaa 



Soucra varam 



Samstag 



Zaturdag 



Youm el effabt 



Sany varam 





Based upon 



Arago's Poxy. Astronomy, vol. ii. p. 727. 



Aet. XII. — Notes on some of the Physical Appearances 

 Observed in the late Transit of Venus. 



By R L. J. Ellehy, F.E.S., F.RA.S. 



[Eead 21st December, 1875.] 



In these brief notes relating to the physical appearances 

 observed during the transit of Venus, of December 9th, I do 

 not intend to refer, except in a cursory manner, to any of 

 the more mathematical data of the occurrence, for these are 

 not yet fully reduced, and will be only valuable when 

 combined with similar results obtained at other parts of 

 the earth's surface. 



The weather in Melbourne, and indeed nearly throughout 

 all Victoria, was very unpromising in the morning of 

 the occurrence ; but fortunately the clouds broke away in 

 Melbourne at the very rjick of time, so that the first 

 internal contact and some of the preceding phases were well 

 seen. The previous rain and subsequent occasional showers 

 had the effect of rendering the atmosphere exceeding favour- 

 able for observation, and, so far as the earlier phases of the 

 transit were concerned, the atmospheric conditions were 

 unusually good ; for any one accustomed to observing 

 the sun will know that it is only on such favourable 

 occasions when the sky is seldom clear of clouds that its 

 edge can be observed sharp and clear without what is 

 termed " boiling," so that what was otherwise an unpromis- 

 ing state of the weather, was actually most favourable for 

 observation of the physical appearances of the transit. I 



