1769 
June 
h— 3 
[ 463 1 
G 
) 
Time per Clock of the 
equul Altitudes of the o’s 
limb, and of -fr’s. 
Zen. diftancc 
of points ol 
the limb of 
the quadt. the 
nonius was fet 
at. 
O ’s- limb, and 
Stars obferved. 
Time per Clock 
when the ©’> 
cent.and 4 parted 
the merid. from 
the mean of the 
Obfervations. 
Equal Altitudes of the Sun and Stars. 
When the planet was upon the O ’s diflc, 
there appeared a faint light fliade (having 
a gentle fluctuating motion) round its peri- 
phery, and wideft on that part fartheft on 
the Sun’s difk: it appeared as per fig. the 
black circle representing the periphery of 
Venus, and the dotted one that of the 
(hade, which was very regular and well de- 
fined ; v the upper, and m the lower part of 
the planet : and the whole (hade was apparently of equal brightnefs. 
‘4 45 2f 
1 
\ 
48 38 
5 2 * 3 : 
38 17 
a . Lyrx 
J 
15 n 39 + 
* 
15 16^ 
18 48 + 
} 
34 28 
Ditto 
22 
15 
40 
49 28 
49 35 
52 
23 28 
Cloudy with rain 
Cloudy 
The eclipfe of the fun began 
Very plain 
Cloudy with rain 
The clouds began to break ; and from this time to 
23 h 54' I endeavoured with a micrometer (of Mr. 
Dollond’s conftruCtion) to get meafurements for 
determining the digits eclipfed ; but was fo inter- 
rupted by flying clouds, that nothing could be 
done with certainty ; then cloudy with rain till the 
end of the eclipfe was paft. 
4 Cloudy 
14 44 19 
47 5 i : 
, 5 1 23 
38 17 
Lyrx 
