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LIX. Obfervation of the Franfit of Venus 
over the Sun, June < 5 , 1761, at the If and 
^Rodrigues; by Mr. Pingre, of the Royal 
Academy of Sciences at Paris. Iranfated 
from the French, ^Matthew Maty, M. D. 
F. R. S. 
Read April 29, JUNE 5th, at about i8 h 30', the Sun 
i7 6 2. J ro f e amidft very thick clouds. 
At i8 h 43' 51'', Venus was entirely upon the Sun’s 
dilk j the exterior limb of the planet being at the di- 
ftance of at mold 15^ from that of the Sun. The 
intervening clouds did not permit me to meafure the 
diftance more exactly. I made ufe of an 18 feet re- 
fracting telefcope. The following obfervations were 
made with a 9 feet telefcope of the fame kind : 
True time. 
Diftance of the 
neareft limbs. 
h f >t 
/ // 
19 3 5 + 
I I7. 1 
12 1 
I 29.2 
19 42 
2 10.2 
2 5 3 
2 3 £ - ? 
2 9 33 
2 30 iO 
34 9 
2 5 0,1 
41 18 
3 5 - 8 
5 6 2 5 
3 4 i - 6 
20 24 46 
4 45-4 
Haftily, on account of the 
clouds. 
The fame. 
Something better. 
:: Becaufe of clouds. 
Bbb 2 
True 
