XXVII. A Table of the Places of the Comet of 1764 
discovered at the Qbfervatory of the Marine at Paris, 
the 3 dof January, about 8 o'clock in the Evening , in 
the Conftellation of the Dragon, concluded from its 
Situation objerved with regard to the Sta? s : By Mon- 
jieur Charles Meffier, AJlronomer at the Depot of 
the Plans of the Marine of France, at Paris. 
1764 
Jan 
3 - 
10 
II 
*4 
16 
iS 
J 9 
20 
22 
29 
. 3 ° 
Feb. 4 
7 
8 
11 
True time. 
h . /. • 
9 2 4 33 
15 5 4 
i 3 48 55 
16 10 39 
iS 33 53 
6 43 27 
30 54 
33 
58 
18 28 
7 
6 
5 
6 
5 
6 
5 
6 
6 
6 
7 7 
8 32 53 
5 43 H 
7 »3 J 5 
0 35 *9 
7 26 11 
5 4 ° 32 
7 4 45 
42 8 
50 20 
49 5 ° 
11 16 
5 ° 59 
2.52 
57 53 
30 23 
16 20 
14 49 
Read 
May 
1764. 
mean time 
R.afcention 
Northern 
Longitude ob- 
Northc 
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obferved. 
declinati- 
ferved. 
latitude 
on 
abferv. 
obferved* 
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0 
1 
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0 
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tf 
9 
29 
9 
236 
29 
16 
58 
3 2 
58 
1 1 
37 
16 
7 2 
53 
48 
M 
9 
47 
*39 
45 
3 1 
58 
5 1 
2 9 
14 49 
7 
74 
22 
13 
18 
53 
42 
24 1 
56 
1 
59 
2 
54 
17 
9 
14 
7 J 
J 9 
5 ° 
16 
iS 
28 
3°5 
57 
17 
44 
23 
10 
vW 
2 9 
0 
S 8 
60 
41 
4 i 
18 
41 
44 
306 
22 
0 
44 
6 
14 
X 
29 
r 5 
54 
60 
18 
20 
6 
51 
3 1 
308 
J 4 
2. 1 
42 
45 
45 
0 
2 r 
59 
58 
28 
49 
7 
3 ? 
59 
308 
20 
1.7 
42 
42 
35 
0 
26 
X 9 
58 
2 3 
5 * 
18 
26 48 
309 
5 ° 
4 1 
41 
22 
54 
1 
7 
3 1 
5 6 
42 
7 
17 
17 
22 
316 
59 
44 
34 
37 
35 
4 
23 
15 
, 4 8 
8 
16 
18 
41 
iS 
3 X 7 
5 
44 
34 
3 ° 
37 
4 
2 5 
12 
47 
59 
5 ° 
5 
5 * 
48 
3 i 7 
53 
29 
33 
39 
23 
5 
8 
47 
47 
6 
48 
7 
22 
5 » 
317 
59 
44 
33 
3 1 
5 ° 
. 5 - 
20 
1 1 
47 
1 
47 
6 
45 
15 
319 
28 
5 2 
31 
5 ' 
34 
5 
22 
5 1 
44 
44 
33 
7 
35 
58 
3 X 9 
32 
37 
31 
48 
41 
5 
2 4 
5 s 
4 t 
40 
44 
5 
51 
8 
321 
5 2 
3 6 - 
28 
45 
54 
6 
9 
39 
4 1 
4 
3 
7 
15 
22 
321 
5 6 
2 1 
28 
40 
5 2 
6 
10 
49 
40 
5 S 
8 
7 
53 
4 
322 
57 
8 
27 
*7 
2 5 
6 
29 
47 
39 
x 9 
57 
7 
1 
34 
323 
46 38 
26 
5 
33 
6 
43 
22 
37 
5 6 
17 
6 
1 
38 
325 
9 
5 2 
23 
49 
1 
7 
0 
5 6 
35 
20 
54 
6 
23 
4 
325 
10 
22 
2 3 
47 
57 
7 
0 
57 
35 
19 
45 
6 
4 
23 
328 
9 
59 
17 
28 
48 
7 
7 
46 
28 
2 S 
8 
6 
iG 
28 
328 
23 
44 
16 
42 
10 
7 
1 
12 
2 7 
3 6 
59 
6 
12 
8 
329 
17 
41 
13 
1 1 
38 
6 
26 
10 
2 4 
2 
24 
6 
44 
54 
3 2 9 
33 
Si 
1 1 
6 
J 5 
5 
5 ° 
20 
_ r 
22 
0 
9 
6 
3 ° 
54 
329 
39 
35 
10 
26 
47 
5 
41 
10 
2 1 
21 
2 5 . 
6 
29 
28 
329 
4 i 
27 
9 
2 
46 
5 
10 
5 
20 
2 
34 
I have the honour to fend you like-wife the elements of the 
theory of this comet, which monfieur Pingre has ueduced from 
my firft obfervations, as follows. s ° > n 
The afeending node $1 — 3 2 9 z0 
Inclination * ““ 53 54 J 9 
. Place of perihelium _ “ 11 4 
Logarithm of the diftance of the perihelium 9.751415*. 
Paffage by the perihelium 12 February at io h 29' mean time m 
the meridian of Paris. The motion retrograde, 
