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me anomalous is the circumstance that the earliest estimation 
of the geometrical coincidence of limbs should have been made 
with the largest telescope, and the latest with the smallest tele- 
scope. Consi ering the small difficulty which the observers 
precisely the inverse of that stated to have been observed. The 
diminishing thread of light between the limbs should have been 
seen last by the largest telescope. The anomaly may, perhaps, be 
explained by a consideration of the magnifying power of the eye- 
pieces employed in the observations. The order of the observed 
rendering the objects indistinct, I was unable to observe 
external contact ats satisfaction. 
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