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the clock was regulated by a tranfit inftrument. 
It is therefore probable, it was regulated in the 
fame manner in all the fucceeding obfe-rvations, 
which confjft of the following particulars. 
1. Obfervations of- the lafl-tranfit of Venus -over 
the Sttn, viz. of differences of right afcenfion and 
declination between Venus and the Sun, and- the 
internal and external- contadt of the limbs at the 
egrefs. It is however remarked, that the clock was 
counted by a perfon, who was- fometimes found 
to make miftakes. 
2. The eclipfe of the Sun,-May 25, 1770." The 
beginning and end were obferved, and the lucid 
parts meafured, during the eclipfe, with the micro- 
meter, 
3. The beginning and end of the eclipfe of the 
Moon, Odt. 23, 1771. 
4. EmerfiOn of Jupiter fromr occupation by the 
Moon, July 5,- 1770. - 
5. An Occupation of Spiea Virginis by the 
Moon ; the immerfion and emerfion both obferved; 
Jan. 25, 1772. 
6. The 'occupation of a ’ Par in- Scorpio by 
the Moon ; the -immerfion and emtrfion both ob- 
ferved. 
7. The obfervation -of Venus in the Sun’s paral- 
lel, Jan. 5, 1772, by taking the difference of 
right 1 afcenfion- and- declination of Venus and the' 
Sun, v 
8. The total eclipfe of the Moon, Nov. 12, 1.7^1, 
The beginning, total immerfion, emerfion, and end^ 
were obferved by three different • obfervers, with te-- 
lefcopes of 5, 7, and 8 feet, in the domeftic obfer= 
1 vatory 
