Astronomy. 85 
At Aiken, the second northern German station, the clouds 
interfered somewhat more than at Har tford, be a Franz i is said 
to have sata three double sets of measurem 
t Martinique, the French party under M ied had a 
saa thinng heliometer loaned by the Russian Government. Most 
unfortunately the clouds covered the sun metinely 3 after the 
first eesitts and apparently prevented further observation. 
There are three southern stations armed with this instrument 
no > of which has as yet been heard api om. These are the 
man parties under ee essor as t Punta Arenas in me 
rench party cadee M. Bericta: which has a second eae 
heliometer. esis from these three parties are looked for with 
he Ame noth Government parties have been equipped with 
photo-heliographs under the belief that this instrument furnishes 
the best material for ao ea, the solar perallax. The pats 
—— from, viz: that tavtin Lieut. Very at Santa 
e French parties had photographic senate eg this 
was Bo regarded as an essential part of their equi 
t a large number of observatories in the United ne photo- 
graphs have also been taken. At New Haven, Mr. Willson 
secured about 150; at Princeton, Prof. Young 188; at the a 
Observatory, 147 were taken, Whatever results can be had fr 
potemehe which we are now able to make have apdoabiedlg 
been see 
he English and French parties relied upon contact observa- 
tions, There were ten English parties, at Kingston (Copeland), 
Barbadoes (Talmage), Bermuda (Plumm er), Madagascar Babi 
Cape Town (Gill), inla d 
(Marth), Brisbane frag 28 New Zealand (Topman), Siac" ican 
st (Wha ide ri f 
There were ni 
Puebla (Bouquet ie la aver Martinique ne rand), 
Au, gustine (Perrier), Santa Cruz (Fleuriez), et (Beruardire), 
Chubut (Hatt), Rio Negro (Perrotin), and Oran (Jan xe 
these, Bos dla, St. Augustine and Oran were successful, eee 
tinique fa led. 
There were four esdpcgeens yeas Spicer wire of which have 
but and, st Pots it was vinta over England and Fra 
"2 haaichions of the Transit of Venus at 
Observatory; by S. p 
the Allegheny = 
Lane ey (in a letter to the editors, dated i. 
