CONTENTS. 
of which is 4/ 1 1" IV eft of the Royal Obfervatory at 
Greenwich, and the Latitude 51 0 3 1' 1 f f Norths 
by John Canton, M. A . and F. R. S. p. 1 82 
XXXV. Some Olferi at ions of the Planet Venus, on the 
L)ifk of the Sun , June 6 th, 1761; with a preceding 
Account of the Method taken for verifying the Lime 
of that Phenomenon ; and certain Reafons for an At - 
mofphere about Venus : By Samuel Dunn. p. 1 84 
XXXVI. An Account of the Obfervations made on the 
Franfit of Venus, June 6, 1761, in the If and of 
St. Helena : In a Letter to the Right Hon. George 
Earl of Macclesfield, P reft dent to the Royal Society, 
from the Reverend Nevil Mafkelyne, M. A. and 
F. R. S. - p. 196 
XXXVII. An Account of the fame Franfit ; by the 
Rev. Mr. Richard Haydon : In a Letter to Ur. 
John Bevis, M. D. p. 202 
XXXVIII. Obfervations on the fame Franfit ; and on 
an Eclipfe of the Moon , May 8, 1761 ; and of the 
Sun, on the 3 d of June 1761 : In a Letter to the 
Rev. Thomas Birch, D. D. Secretary to the Royal 
Society, frotn Mr. Peter Wargentin, Secretary to the 
Royal Academy of Sciences in Sweden, and F. R. S. 
p. 208 
XXXIX. An Account of the Obfervations made on the 
fame Fran fit in Sweden : In a Letter from Mr. 
Peter Wargentin, Secretary to the Royal Academy 
. of Sciences in Sweden, and F. R. S. to Mr. John 
Ellicot, F. II. S. Franfated from the French, p. 2 1 3 
XL. Obfervaticnis Veneris fub Sole vifee, habit re Pa- 
rifiis, die 6 ' Junii 1761, in palatio Luxemburgii, 
tjuas Rcg’uz Societati Londinenli, veneraticnis jure 
xbfequium , offer t Hieronymus De la Lande, Acad. 
Reg. 
