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motion, I judged the internal contacts at 2 1 ' 44,5'' 
by the clock, or y h 26' 24,5" apparent time, and 3" 
or 4" later, I law a thread of light feparate the 
planet from the Sun, 
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Internal contacts, by M. de Rochfort 7 27 7,5 p ~ 
By my fon 7 26 55,5] 1 
I find, by my regifter, that Monfieur de Rochfort 
judged his obfervation fome feconds too late. 
I perceived that Venus, before fhe feparated from 
the Sun, was confiderably ftretched out towards his 
limb, which gave the planet nearly the form of a 
pear; and even after the feparation of the limbs, 
Venus was twelve or more feconds before (he re- 
fumed her rotundity. 
Clock 
Ap. time 
h / n 
h ' " 
At 7 30 27,0 
7 35 7»'° 
7 3 8 2 5>° 
7 43 5 0 
7 45 I * * * * * * 8 > c 
7 49 4 8 >o 
Venus quite round. 
Venus’s limb indented. 
Venus of a very irregular 
form, and ftrongly affedted 
by an odd twilling motion. 
I endeavoured to take the difference of right 
afcenfion of the Sun and Venus; but I would not 
make the former defcribe the acquatorial wire of the 
micrometer. 
I cannot but repent having quitted my obfervatory, 
for the houfe in which I was; it is true indeed, as I 
have faid, that I had the advantage of feeing Venus 
till fun fet; but, in giving the preference to this 
fituation, I unfortunately did not take notice, that 
