244 Intelligence and Miscellaneous Articles, 



Physics,' above alluded to; for whenever the two observers dis- 

 agreed, the picture was referred to a third person. 



The results of this investigation are given in the following Table ; 

 and they are at least in conformity with our views, and not antago- 

 nistic, while at the same time the evidence is not sufficiently strong 

 to establish conclusively the truth of an hypothesis : — 



1863. 



Left. 



Right. 



Equal 



May 



2 



2 



11 



June 



2 



1 



2 r 



July 







7 



2j 



August 



3 



3 



i ) 



September 



3 







2 1 



October 



1 







2 r 



November 



1 







3 f 



December 



2 



2 . 



ij 



1864. 









January 



4 







<r 



February 



- 



- 



- 



March 



3 



1 



o > 



April 



3 



3 



4 



May 



- 



- 



- 



June 



1 



1 



n 



July 



4 



3 



7 



August 



1 







2 y 



September 



3 



4 



2 



October 







4 



3^ 



November 







2 



31 



December 







1 



2 [ 



°l 



1865. 







January 







2 



February 







1 



o 



3J 



March 



4 



3 



April 







2 



Ul 



May 



1 



1 



June 



2 







^J 



July 



2 







August 



G 



1 



5 1 



September 



5 



1 



8 r 



October 



8 



2 



5j 



Venus from 80 to 90 degrees to the left. 

 „ 50 to 60 „ „ 



„ 30 to 40 „ „ 



10 to 20 „ 



Venus in conjunction. 

 Venus about 5-10° to the right. 

 „ „ 20° to the right. 

 „ from 30° to 40° to the right. 



„ about 45° to the right. 



„ » 90° 



„ » 120° „ 



Approaching opposition. 

 Very near opposition. 



I Venus in opposition. 



About 150° to tbe left. 

 „ 140° 

 „ 1*0° 

 90° 



Venus in conjunction. 



Venus 90° to the right. 



It thus appears, from the above Table, which is the result of a 

 joint and careful investigation of the Kew pictures by Miss Beckley 

 and Mr. Stewart, that — 



(1) When Venus is considerably to the left, there is most atmo- 

 spheric effect to the right. 



(2) When she is in conjunction or opposition, there is a tendency 

 to equality. 



(3) When she is considerably to the right, there is most atmo- 

 spheric effect to the left. — -Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical 

 Society, January 12, 1866. 





