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XLII. Obfervations on the fame Tran ft of 
Venus made at Conftantinople: By his 
Excellency James Porter, Efq\ his Ma - 
jeflys xdmbajfador there : In a Letter to 
George Amy and, Efq\ 
Read Nov. 19, T Have not time to write to any of the 
Royal Society. Pray tell Mr. Bur- 
rew, with my compliments, Father Bofcowitz will 
be here only in September, or October, with the 
new Venetian ambaffador. 
The fun rifes at Stanbole, Conftantinople, the 6th 
June, 4 h 32'. 
Venus entered the fnn much earlier, and is fup- 
pofed to have entered its difk above an hour and more, 
when feen at its rifing here. 
Venus, at emerging out of the fun’s difk, toucheu 
the interior limb of the fun S. E. at io h 1 5'. 
Emerged totally the point of contact, at its going 
out, at io b 32' 20". 
Obferved with a Hadley’s reflector 18 inches only, 
and a good pendulum, with feconds. 
V >■ 1 ' : ; ;i ;*;• , 
Yours, 
J- p- 
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