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TRANSiTs. 
Day of the 
Time by the Clock. 
Objed 
month, 
Firft 
Paflagp over 
^Third 
1769. 
Wire. 
Meridian. 
Wire 
f // 
h / rr 
/ U 
May a 8 
17 12 
^ IX 18 0 
18 47f 
n Bootis 
^Clouds 
Clouds 
Clouds 
} Su„ 
Clouds 
XXIII 59 I 
59 50 
2g 
>3 
14 7i 
H 54 
. 
t) Bootis 
- 
31 
56 29 
XXIII 57 i7f 
58 (>( 
i>j Sun 
58 46 
59 35 
0 ^3f 
June I 
56 39 
XXiii 57 ; 2^1 
58 17 
li Sun 
58 56 
‘ 59 46 . 
34 
2 
57 43 t 
- VIII 58 32 
59 *9 
Bootis 
I 
Correfponding altitudes of the Sun, taken by re- 
fledion from water, with an Hadley’s quadrant of 
fix inches radius* 
* - . • 
>, Wi I > I ■ ■ I - ■ ■ - I ..p ■ ^r r ■ i ir , i , bmmmi ■ -? ■ ■ ■■■ , II ■ Ii i»; 
Sun’s double alt. 79° 54' May 29, 1769 
Time by the Clock 
Eaftern Az. 
Weftern Az. 
Meridian 
h ! " 
IJp. limb 
VIII 28 33 
Ill 27 39 
xr 5-8 6 
Center 
30 » 7 f 
^5 5 if 
23 57 f 
4 l 
Lew. limb 
32 8 
2i 
Mean 
XI 58 4',% 
Sun’s 
