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Table III. Containing the obfervations of Tab. I. reduced fo as to fhewj 
the correct differences of right afcenfion and declination between 
Mercury and the ftars wherewith he was compared. 
1786. 
Date and object. 
V 
Hour. 
Paffagc 
over mid. 
hor. wire 
by journ. 
clock. 
Correftion 
to reduce 
the clock 
to mean 
time. 
Corrcft mean 
time of the 
obfervation. 
Intervals 
of mean time 
of different 
obfervations. 
Paits of 
microme- 
ter from 
the tele- 
fcope’s 
center. 
Prs. of micr. 
reduced =r 
dedin. from 
the tele- 
fcope's cen- 
ter. 
Sept. 23. 
5 to the mid. wire 
AM 
5 
/ // 
26 34.7 
/ // 
-3 59-8 
t // 
5 22 34.9 
Rev.Pti. 
S 0.74 
/ H 
S 1 6 
x Ceti to mid. wire 
0 Tauri to the fame 
PM 
9 
9 
15 28.4 
40 27.4 
— 4 O.I 
— 4 O.I 
9 11 28.3 
9 36 27.3 
k* / 4 , 
*5 48 53-4 
0 24 59 
N19.72 
N 30 26 
1 . 
Sept. 26. 
X Ceti to mid. wire 
0 Tauri to the fame 
9 
9 
4 23.8 
29 23 
-4 43-2 
““4 43-2 
8 eg 40.6 
9 24 39 - 8 
0 24 59.2 
Ni 1.14 
N19.64 
N 17 fi 
N30 18 
Sept 30. 
x Ceti to mid. wire 
0 Tauri to the fame 
* Orion. to the fame 
8 
9 
1 1 
48 49 
13 48.1 
43 37*9 
-4 5°-9 
-4 50.9 
-4 5°-8 
8 43 58. 1 
9 8 57-2 
11 38 47.1 
0 24 59.1 
2 29 49.9 
Ni 1. 14 
Nig. 62 
s > 5-77 
N 17 1 1 
N30 17 
S 24 20 
Oft. 13. 
x Ceti to mid. wire 
j0 Tauri to the fame 
• Orion. to the fame 
j 
7 
8 
10 
59 27-5 
24 26.8 
54 17.1 
— 6 26.4 
-6 36.8 
~ 6 37 
7 52 5 I#I 
8 17 50 
10 47 40.1 
0 24 58.9 
2 29 50.1 
Nn. 14 
N19.61 
S 15*77 
N 17 11 
N 30 15 
S 24 20 
| 1 
2 
3 
j, 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
Table 
