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Read December 14, i7(>p. 
LI. l^ranfit ofVtnm over the Sun, ohferved 
June 3, 1769, by Alexander Aubert, in 
Auftin Friars, London, three Seconds of 
I'ime Eajl of St. Paul’s, with a Caffegrain 
RefeSior of J. Short, having a Metal of 
two Feet focal Lengthy a?id magnifymg 
about no Times, 
h / // 
External con tad at 7 8 13 meantime. 
Internal contad at 7 26 45 interval 18' 32'^. 
N.B. At 26' 45'' Venus appeared to me in con- 
tad with the Sun, and about 6" after I fawthe Sun’s 
limb compleated. 
The clock could be depended on to lefs than one 
fecond, having been compared with a number of equal 
altitudes of the Sun, fome days before and after the 
tranht. 
Alexander Aubert. 
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