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Ill. Astronomy. 
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ceived. The ations s are arranged in the order of latitude : 
In the sheeotes Hemisphere. 
1. Tschita. Lat. 52° 0’ N., long. Th. 3 Russian station. Contacts observed 
and four ah = measures ‘vith 3 sdiouate ter. 
2. Nerichinsk. Lat. 51° 18’N., long. Th. 58m. E. Russian stati Three con 
tacts arihaee| mad two diameters and twenty distances of the planet meas- 
ured with heli 
3. Kiachta. Lat. 50° 20’, long. Th. 6m. E. Russian station. Eight photographs 
n. 
4. Habarovka. Lat. 48° 16’, long. 8h. 58m. E. Russian station. First two con- 
tacts and some chords observed. 
5. ~~. ae . 47° 3’, long. lh. 50m. E. German station. Last external contact 
6, oath Lat. 43° 7’, long. 8h. 47m. E. American and Russian ae 
First and second contacts observed, 13 sil geatig as taken, and numer 
peace of the two Paes were meas 
1. Port Possiet. Lat, 42° eget 8h. 4 om Russian a Two interior 
contacts observed and 38 pho sak ogh taken 
8. Orianda, (North of the Crimea ”) Russian station. Satisfactory observation 
of last two —_ 
9. Pekin. Lat. 39° 54’, long. Th. 46m. E. ens ae a French station. First 
10 and second richtecta observed gas pheee graphs tak 
» Tschifu. Lat. 37° 30’, lon rman st statics on. The observation of 
ng. 8h. 5m. EH 
didi the heliometer measurement, oa the photographs succeeded splen- 
1 
I. Teheran, Lat. 35° 37’, long. 3h. 25m. E. Russian station. Observations suc- 
* Yokohama, Lat. 35° 36’, long. 9h. 19m. E. Russian station. “Observation 
i. Kole. “Tat 34° 40’, long. 9h. 1m. E. French station. Successful observa- 
14. Nagasaki. Lat. 32° 45’, long. 8h. 39m. E. American and French station. 
Second contact observed well, first and ntacts observed throu: Mi 
nd co 
clouds. * good photographs. 150 mierometric measurement of cusps, 
15. 7, tration of limbs and diameter of Ven 
lata. Tat. 32° 40’, long. 3h, 27m. E. German station. 19 photographs 
16, git lat 30° 6’, long. 2h.5m.E. English station. Last two contacts well 
1. Suez,” Lat, 29° 58’, long. 2h. 10m. EB. English station. Last two contacts 
torily. 
18 res satisfac 
19. Th Kee. —, long. —. East India Go. station. 100 pero goog _ 
: es Sy 25° 43’, long. 2h. 10m. E. i sh station 
rola Lat, 21° 18” rae 10h. 31m. W. English station. First two 
tacts well observed. poecdeeke aneatiabaaee ry. The complete disc 5 of 
Venus was seen twelve minutes before the internal contact. ag rst con- 
tact sho observed at 3h. 7m. 1s.; the time computed in the Eng. Naut. 
5 8 3h. 5m. 18s; O—C = +1m. gir gu d contact F obe 3h. 35m. 
ee comp. 3h. 33. 0s; O—O= +2m. 5 
