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The Tranfit of Venus. 
1769 
June 
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quite clear | 
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3 18 
3 45 
12 12 
12 21 
12 45 
50 
10 30 
11 17 53 
35 3 ° 
36 8 
lain 
Viewed the o’sdifk with the refle£)or (mag. 128 times), 
and faw nothing more than fome large irregular black 
fpots, with a black ftreak very near the edge of the O ’s 
limb on the Eaftern fide. 
In. Ten. Non. 
° 35 *5 
3 ° 
5 
2 S 
Adjuflment of the nonius on the n 
fide of the telefcope,for diftinfl > 
vilion for the contafls J 
Diitofcrthe micrometer 
Ditto for the -wire eye glafs 
Cloudy 
The external contaft of Venus and the Sun’s limb, 
The contact feemed to be formed by judging by their peripheries. 
Internal contaft, the thread of light broke out. 
Mag. 
128 7 . 
J. times 
62 s 
In. 
Ten. 
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to the right-hand of O') Venus’s (horiz.) diameter, 
to the left hand of o I “ ade _ the k / thand » 
right [ 
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fet down where the noniu* 
coincided, the compliment of 
which to 2 £ muft be ufed. 
)>The O’s horizontal diameter, hazy. 
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to the left-hand of o'! 
to the right-hand of o )> Venus’s diameter, 
left-hand j 
After thefe, I immediately extended the glaffes again for 
the Sun’s diameter, but was prevented by clouds from 
doing any thing farther. 
Cloudy 
Ditto 1 
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