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If June 1 
Sun 
Up. limb. 
h ' n 
Eafl-. 
L. limb. 
hr It 
Sun 
Wefi. 
Point. 
53 31 : 
59 20 
0 0 33I 
0 6 27 
12 29I 
j 57>40 
Very hazy, 
ill wire. 
h r t! 
2d wire. 
/ n 
3'i or middle 
wire. 
r n 
4th v/Ire. . 
/ n 
3th wire. 
f tr 
? June 2 r 
at noon. 1 
4 39 39 
0 40 24 
41 ro — 
43 27 
41 55 
42 40 
Sun's W. limb pifted 
the tranfic. 
£. limb palled ditto. 
Zen. dift. of the Sun’s upper limb 48'’ 5' 50". 
The pendulum of the clock now vibrates 1° 20' on the left hand, and i® 30' 
on the right. 
This afternoon the Sun being pretty well defined, adjufted the focus of the tc- 
lefcope to my eye, as follows. — Short eye-piece and broad little fpeculum 
I. 20th. 25th. I. aoth, 25th. 
o 19 12 to the right of o on the adjuftingfcalc. Ditto with micrometer o o 17 
I, 20th. 25th. 
to the right. — Long eye-piece and narrow little fpeculum o o 7 to left of o. — ■ 
I. 20th, 25th. 
Long e)>'e-piece and broad little fpeculum o 18 17 to the right. Thefc are 
the means of 8 or 9 trials each. 
The fpot near the Sun’s center was thus defined. 
? June 2 
Sun 
L, limb. 
h / r/ 
Weft. 
Up. limb. 
h ' " 
10 55 I 
11 00 26 
II 7 2 
12 28 
I* 15 50+ 
21 21 
26 55 
II 22 31 — 
28 3 
33 41 •• 
Sun 
Eaft. 
Point. 
Up. limb. 
L. limb. 
h / rr 
h r n 
22 21 37 
1 ° ' 
22 20 261 
27 .si 
f 70,40 
25 5 oi 
32 26 
J 
21 53 48I 
22 0 37 
1 
59 23 
6 9 i 
> 72,20 
22 4 5^1 
II 39 
J 
Cemputing from this 
point, the Sun palTed 
the north point of the 
meridian at iC^ 44' 
per clock. 
L 1 
1769 
Vol.LIX. 
