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fervatory, obferved at 38' 50'', with a good achro- 
matic telefcope of 3 feet, made at Paris, but he 
thinks the obfervation liable to an error of ten fe- 
conds. M. Le Mannier, at St. Hubert, obferved at 
7‘'38'5 i'', reduced to Paris (by adding 1^58'"). 
M. Fouguere, at Bourdeaux, at 38' 50'''!, reduced 
to Paris, taking in the difference of parallax, which 
is two feconds greater at Paris than Bourdeaux. 
We have alio received feveral obfervations of the 
eclipfe of the Sun. M. de Thury faw the beginning at 
6^ 46'' 49'' apparent time. M. Jeaurat, at 6’’ 46' ^ 
40'h at the Military School, which is y'’\ to the v/efi: 
of the Obfervatory. M. Maraldi faw the end at 
8^ 27' 1 1". M. Jeaurat at 27' 4'h or 8^ 27' i 
reduced to the Obfervatory. M. Meflier at 8^’ 
27' 24". 
The obfervers at Rochfort, Lyons, and Avignon, 
did not fee the tranfit of Venus; it was obferved at 
Bred; at y^ 1 2' 5'h or forty feconds later than at Pa- 
ris, if we fuppofe the difference of the meridians to 
be well known. This point we diall examine here- 
after. For my part, I could not obferve the inter- 
nal contact of Venus ; I was precifely in the place 
where the clouds came on twenty-five feconds too 
foon ; neither was it obferved at the Military School, 
which is clofe to Paris. 
There was alfo another obferver at Bred:, M. Ver- 
dun, an officer of the marine, who obferved the in- 
ternal contact of Venus at y"^ ii' 37", apparent 
time, which makes 7^ 38' 58", reduc^ to Paris. 
The end of the Solar eclipfe was obferved at 
Bred: at y^ 56' 33" and 7*’ 56' 44" by the dif- 
ferent obfervers. 
M. Pingre, 
