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326 0. A. Young—Observations of the Transit of Venus. 
OBSERVATIONS OF THIRD CONTACT (INTERNAL). 
Observer. Tbe Observer’s Remarks. 
1 8k: 2h 30™ 498 | Very os a Ma black drop 
fu Ocho La, 4-% 39.37 adeomoteical con payee appears sete doubtful more 
than a second or t Clouds ried thick. (a) 
So..-o Doriact eit a 
3. OC, G. R. 39 33 hac — Mare very oil ra sure that con- 
s past for 20 seconds 
4, 0. 1. Y¥. 39 12 Contact aaa through “analie limbs boiling 
adly. 
39 34 |Cusps ee a formed. 
5. C. F. B. 39 43 |Very narrow gray space between the limbs. 
39 47 |Black jena dos edges of sun and planet. 
6. M. MeN. 38 59 |Contact—not reliable. Clouds very thick and images 
39 53 |Contact clearly past. ee 
7. W.L., Jr.) 39 43 |No black drop. Geometrical ‘ 
8. Wo 8. MC 39 47 |Black drop clearly seen joining no 
oo. 0 88 34 First sus tact. (0) 
39 04 |Certain that contact was over 
10. H. L. B 39 46 |Very little black drop. Sun “jndistined through loud 
At South) Hadley. 
11, R. H. W.| 2" 39™ 22s |Formation of —_ Seite: Geometrical contact at least 
10 seconds late: Meee 
Notes oN TuHrrp CONTACT. 
(a.) The clouds at heogd Halsted Observatory were not quite so thick as ae 
other stations, and this may account for some of the discrepancies. Obrerv 3 
5, 7, 8 and 10 seem re agree vey well upon a time some 10 to 15 seconds en all 
wae sure that the contact was past. The plese net’s simoep hey was inv aa 
e observers alte, be but at the Halsted Observatory the seeing was fair. all) hol 4 
the contact seemed to take eran . promptly that the writer felt j 
recording even = gat ln — 
(b.) Query: error of o other 
The clouds at this olen were ‘more troublesome than at either of the 0 
three, and the observations are probably less reliable. 
