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XL IX. A floor t Account of the Obfervations 
of the late Fran ft oj Venus, made in Ca- 
lifornia, by Order of his Catholic Majefy ; 
communicated by his Excellency Prince 
Mafferano, Ambajfador from the Spanifh 
Court , and F. R. S. 
Read Nov. 22 , J " \ON Vincent Doz, Commander of 
a Spanifh frigate, is juft arrived 
at Madrid. He brought with him, and prefented to 
the King, an account of his obfervation of the Iaft 
Tranfit of Venus at California, whither he was fent 
laft year for that purpofe, being in fubftance as fol- 
lows : 
The latitude of the Village of St. Jo- 'l d ' " 
feph, eight leagues diftant from Cape ^23 5 1 5 
St. Lucar - -- -- -- -J 
The longitude from the meridian of 
Paris --------- 
The two internal contacts of the Planets 
were at 
and at 
Hence, on the computation of Monf. 
Pingre, in his Memoir of the year 
j 767, the folar Parallax is - - 
2 
h r // 
} 7 28 17T 
f o 17 25 
J 5 54 44 § 
| o o 8| 
And 
