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of the Georgian planet. 
time. Of eight transits, four gave 3" ; three gave 3^,5 ; and 
one gave 4" ; a mean of them is 3", 31 ; and the declination 
of the planet being si° 57' north, we have the apparent dis- 
tance 45", 99 ; but I do not trust much to measures by time, 
in the manner these were taken without a system of wires 
in the focus of the eye glass, and with the clock and assistant 
at a considerable distance. 
J The first satellite was 46° nf ; the second was 2 % 0 sf, 
and its distance from the planet was 481 ; this would give the 
greatest elongation 57", 36 which is probably much too large. 
1787, March 18, 8 h 3'. The satellites are in the place where 
I expected them. The first is 5 or 6° np ; the second is about 
75 0 nf ; it seems to be farther from the planet than when it 
was near the parallel. I attempted to measure its distance 
by the parallel wire micrometer ; eclipsing the satellite with 
one wire, and bisecting the planet with the other. The mea- 
sure gave the distance 46^,46. 
J The first was 21 0 np; the second was 83-1 0 nf ; and its 
distance was 588 ; which gives the greatest elongation 47", 41. 
1787, March 19. Both the satellites are in their expected 
situation, which for the first is 36° sp ; for the second 79 0 np. 
At 7 h 48' I took a good measure of the distance of the second 
satellite ; it gave 44", 24. I attempted a second measure, 
but was interrupted before I had quite finished it to my liking ; 
it gave 4.5" 98. 
J The first satellite was 29^° sp ; the second was 743- 0 np. 
and its distam e 596. The expected situations, though calcu- 
lated from imperfect tables, were sufficient to show that the 
satellites were not mistaken. 
1787, March 20, 7 h 44'. I took three measures of the 
