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Rotation of the Planet Saturn upon its Axis. 
3 h q'. The broad bright belt, is as broad as the next three 
belts and a half, of the quintuple belt : that is, not quite so broad 
as the quintuple belt, without the southmost narrow dark belt. 
4 h iT. The broad white belt is of the breadth of the three 
adjoining belts. 
5 h iT. Appearances seem to be the same as they were an 
hour ago. The evening is indifferent. (<2) 
Dec. 16. o h 43'. (Cor. — 8' 8",o by a transit.) I see the 
quintuple belt extremely well. 
T 3'. The most south of the three dark belts, is full up to 
the inner edge of the preceding side of the ring ; or rather a 
little above (or south of) it. The following side is less south, 
with regard to the ring, than the preceding; so that the 
quintuple belt is not parallel with that part of the ring, which 
crosses the body. 
2 h 21'. The southmost belt is very faint; the middle and 
northern ones are much darker, and seem to be broader and 
closer, than I have at other times seen them. (6) 
With 215. This power is too small to distinguish the divi- 
sions of the quintuple belt sufficiently. 
3 h 12'. There seems to be no material alteration, but I do 
not see the divisions of the belt so distinctly as from the ap- 
pearance of the other phenomena I ought to do. (c) 
4* 1 5'. The southmost belt meets the inner edge of the pre- 
ceding part of the ring very nearly, and the quintuple belt 
seems to be parallel to the northern part of the ring, or nearly 
so. 
4 h 16'. 10-feet reflector ; power 300. The quintuple belt is 
parallel to the northern part of the ring, which is turned to- 
wards us. 
