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Ohxerratioiis of the Tnnisif of Ve/ins. 



PHENOMENA. 



P. &F, Chi. 

 I M, T, Un- 

 corrected. 



Ool. Coll. 



M. T. 

 Corrected.^ 



Faint clouds bot'ore the Sim 



Notch phiiuly on, . . . 

 Light thro' Veuus's atiuos- 



phero 



Ditto, beautifully seen, . 

 Not yet. ..."... 



On (uo "drop") 



Clearly on, 



Preceding limb of Venus 

 quite ilark .... 



Black border at preceding 

 limb extends to following 

 limb, 



Faint show of "drop," . 



Taugency 



Not yet, 



Off, 



h. m. s. 

 9 9 30 



!) 10 ii 



d 23 55 

 9 2li 15 

 9 29 5-1 



9 30 41 

 9 31 1 

 2 50 28 



2 53 21 

 2 53 5U 



2 54 9 



3 13 19 

 3 13 47 



h. m. s. 

 i 9 7 35 



9 8 49 



9 22 

 9 24 20 

 9 27 59 



9 28 4(5 



9 29 (i 



2 48 33 



2 51 2(i 

 2 52 1 



2 52 14 



3 11 24 

 3 11 52 



I. Contact. 



Mag. power. 48. Est. Ini. 

 late. 



II. Contact. 



IMag. power, l(i5. Good 

 obs. 



A very peculiar phenom- 

 enon. 



I III. Contact. 



- Mag. power, 105. Good 



( obs. 



i lY. Contiict. 



} Mag. power, 95. Poor 



f seeing. 



The first three contacts were observed with a Pickering solar eye-piece 

 and a light yellow shade-glass. The last contact was observed with a re- 

 flecting wedge. 



Keducing the contiicts to Washington Moan Time, we have: 

 I Contact 8 56 30.6 Est. 1 min. hite. 

 II " 9 16 27.6 Good observation. 



III " 3 39 55.6 Good observation. 



IV " 2 59 33.6 Poor seeing. 



Bewarls on Phenoinenn Observed. 



I estimated the 1st contact observation as over a minnte late. 

 The light shining through A^enus's atmosphere was a fine 



* Note. — The time-corrections as determined from tlie Washington 

 Signals are used. 



