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XLIV* An Account of the late %anfit of 
Venus, obfirmd at Hawkhill, mar Hdin- 
burgh# In a Letter to the AJlronomer 
Royals fro?n fames Lim!, M Z), 
burgh. To. which are added fome Re^ 
marks by the Aftronomer Royal ; aiA fur-- 
ther ParUculars relative to the Obferva- 
tions commumcated in other Letters, 
S I R, 
Hawkhill, 5 June 1769. 
Read Dec. 7,’^ HAVE the pleafure to tranfmit to 
^ account of our obfervations at 
this place. James Ploy, our young obferver, obferved in 
the houfe, on the ground-floor, in the room with the 
houfe-clock, with the 3I feet achromatic telefcope 
with triple objedf glafs j Lord Alemoor obferved on 
the floor above, with the 18 inch refledtor, and a 
watch that fliewed feconds, fet a few minutes before 
the tranfit began, and compared after each contact ; 
I was in the cbfervatory, where I ufed my own 2 
feet achromatic telefcope, a mathematical inflrument 
maker counting feconds from the clock. The fol- 
lowing is the account of all our obfervations : 
Ext. cont. I Int. cont. 
Lord Alemoor 
James Hi)y 
Dr. Lind 
Mean time. 
6 S 7 33 
6 57 30 
^ 57 
7 H 32 > 
7 H 3; 
7 H 37 
X X 2 
1 8 inch refleflor ' 
3|- f. achromatic, mag. 1 
2 f. achromatic, magn, 100 
In 
