308 ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS MADE AT 



III. A solar eclipse, observed July 26, 1832, by J. N. Nicollet, and the 

 Rev. Mr. A. Verot. 



Nicollet. Verot. 



Beginning of the eclipse, 18^ 47"' 35' .95 IS^ 47"' 48» .95 ) ^^^^ ^.^^ 

 End of the eclipse, 20 31 48 .05 20 31 35 .07 3 ^^" ™^' 



Beautifully clear sky. N. W. wind, tolerably strong. The Dollond tele- 

 scope used by Mr. Nicollet for the beginning of the eclipse, had only a mag- 

 nifying power of about seventy or eighty; but for the observation of the end, 

 this power was replaced by another of about one hundred and ten or one 

 hundred and twenty. Rev. Mr. Verot's telescope's power was but twenty-five 

 or thirty. Professor Julius T. Ducatel counted the time by the chronometer, 

 and recorded the observations. 



IV. Immersion y. Capricorni by Moon's dark limb, observed November 28, 

 1832, at 6^ 12"" 10^ .25, mean time, by J. N. Nicollet. 



Clear sky. A Dollond telescope, having a magnifying power of about one 

 hundred. 



V. Immersion v. Piscium, observed March 12, 1834, at 7'' 26"* 50', mean 

 time, by the Rev. Mr. Verot. 



VI. Immersion x- Capricorni, September 14, 1834, at 8^ 13°* 41^ mean time, 

 observed by the Rev. Mr. Verot. 



VII. Immersion y^. Aquarii, November 9, 1834, at S^ 43"" 00', mean time, 

 observed by the Rev. Mr. Verot. 



VIII. A solar eclipse, November 30, 1834, observed by the Rev. Mr. Verot. 



Beginning of the eclipse, C 51'" 58^ .8 -> ^^^^ ^^^^ 

 End " •« 3 31 31 .2 3 



IX. Immersion x- Geminorum, May 3, 1835, at lO^* 27" 45s, mean time, 

 observed by the Rev. Mr. Verot. 



X. A transit of Mercury, November 7, 1835, observed by the Rev. Mr. Verot. 



{Exterior contact not observed. 

 Centre of Mercury, O'' 27"* 12' } yr 

 Interior contact, 28 08 3 



