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XLIV. An Account of the Obfervations made 
upon the Tranfit of Venus over the Sun, 
£>th June 1761, at Cajaneburg in Swe- 
den, by Monf Plan man : Communicated 
in a Letter from Mr. Peter Wargentin, 
Secretary to the Loyal Academy of Sciences 
in Sweden, and F. R. S. to Mr. John 
Ellicott, F. R. S. Tranfated from the 
French. 
Stockholm, October 30, 1761 
RwdNov. 26, TN a letter, of the 7th of Auguft, 
X which I wrote to you, I communi- 
nicated to you fome obfervations on the late tranfit of 
Venus, made in Sweden, and, among thefe, that of 
Monf. Planman, made at Cajanebourg. Since that 
time, fome new obfervations have /hewn, that the 
difference of meridians between Stockholm and Ca- 
janebourg is only 38' 40" to 45", that is, half a 
minute lefs than 1 prefumed then. This correction 
has convinced Monf. Planman, that, in his obferva- 
tion on the interior contact of the limbs of Venus 
and the fun, there has happened an error of a minute ; 
not through the fault of the obferver, but that of his 
alliftant, who counted the feconds at the clock : fo 
that, inftead of io h 8 X it fhould be io h 7' 58V 
I think it extremely probable, that this is the faCt; 
for, upon this correction, all the obfervations of Monf 
Planman agree very well with each other, and with 
thofe of the other a/tronomers. 
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