[ 4*2 ] 
be wished 5 fince the latitude of Venus, deduced from 
thefe obfervations, is, in all probability, iq " or 12 ." 
too little ; a quantity, which mud have a very fenfible 
influence, both on the place of the node/ and the 
inclination of the planet's orbit with the ecliptic ; 
the latter of which ought to be deduced from ob- 
fervatiens made on the planet, when in its p;reatelt 
latitudes. 
In the lower chamber of the obfervatory, the ob- 
fervers made ufe of two telefcopes, one of 6, the 
other of 8 feet, furnifhed with wires at half-right 
angles, in order to determine the place of Venus 
on the Sun, by cauflng the Sun’s fouthern limb to 
run down one of the threads : the following obler- 
vations were made : 
Obfervation iff. 
H / // 
10 11 404. Sun’s center at the horary wire. 
18 1 1 50 Venus’s center at the horary wire. 
| The difference between the Ivorary and 
[ oblique wires. 
Obfervation 2d. 
H / * 
19 24 14. 
19 24 174 
Center of ? at horary wire. 
Center of o at horary wire. 
Difference between the horary and ob- 
lique wires. 
Obfervation 
