[ 49 i ] 
Such is the refult of a comparifon of the beft ob- 
iervations made in places whofe longitudes are as ac- 
curately ascertained as the prefent ftate of Aftronomy 
w,U permit : by a mean of the whole, rejefling only 
,h! , bru J at ' on at Rodrigues, the Sun's parallax on 
the day of the tranfit is 8 ',692 1 have excluded 
- companion of the obfervation at Rodrigues, be- 
caufe the parallax refulting from it differs fo confider- 
t I tIle rcft ' we fuppofe the internal con- 
thm 1, haVe . fl r “ ll y happened one minute fooner, 
the nf h |f miftake , m ' vnt ' n g down the obfervation, 
the parallax will then be 8 \6gy. 
This obfervation made at Rodrigues, fuppofino; it 
exadt, will furmfli another term wherewith to com- 
pare the feveral observations made in Europe. The 
un s parallax refulting from each obfervation may be 
feen m the following table. 7 
Places. 
Difference 
of calculated 
times. 
Greenwich - - - 
Paris - 
Stockholm 
Upfal - - _ _ 
Cajanebtirg 
Tobolfki - - - 
Tornea 0 - - _ 
Abo - - _ _ 
Hernofand 
Gottingen 
Bologna - - 
Florence - 
Cape of Good Hope 
28, cc 
8,98 
39 , 00 
42 , 11 
22.58 
° 9 , 34 
2 9 > 23 
51,46 
or , 45 
34,64 
43.59 
38 , 07 
19, 72 
Difference 
>f observ’d 
times. 
// 
1 1 
50.5 
28.5 
32 
19 
° 5 » 5 
25 
47 
49 
18 
33 
23 
J 3 
Sun’ 
s par- 
allax. 
// 
(O, 444 
IO, 500 
10, 314 
10, 3 I 2 
10,327 
ID, 177 
10, 289 
10, 422 
10, 183 
10, 421 
10, 787 
10,854 
5, 993! 
Difference 
ofobferved 
times. 
// 
I I 
50,5 
Sun’s 
parallax. 
8, 429 
8, 332 
28,5 8, 72 
32 
19 
8,734 
8, 915 
7 ° 5 - 5 8, 919 
' 25 
5 47 
49 
18 
33 
23 
*3 
8, 902 
8 , 88 6 
8, 690 
8, 454 
8,372 
8,449 
8, 697 
The 
