made with an invariable pendulum. 
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TABLE I. (\st Series .) 
Time by Clock of Transits of Stars at Rio de Janeiro. 
Stars. 
Time by clock, 
29th Sept. 
Time by clock, 
30th. 
Time by clock, 
1st. Oct. 
Time by clock, 
5 th. 
h. m. s. 
h. m. s. 
h. m. s. 
h. m. s. 
x Lyrae . . 
5 38 31,81 
5 *5 3 °*** 
Do. 4th Sc 5 th wires 
5 43 56*91 
39 20,79 
5 16 18,95 
0 Lyrae . . . 
5 55 42*34 
5 i 5 * 3 ° 
y Lyrae . . 
6 4 27,44 
59 5 0 *46 
— 
A Star. 
— 
6 8 13,77 
6 3 36,02 
— 
x . Cygni 4 1st wires 
6 24 43,90 
6 15 29,50 
Do. 1 st and 3d wires 
6 24 22,78 
6 19 45,00 
6 15 8,20 
0 Cygni . . . 
6 31 0,05 
6 26 22,97 
y Aquilae . . . 
6 49 49,95 
6 45 13*33 
6 4 ° 35*77 
6 22 1 1,25 
x Aquilae . . . 
6 54 7,28 
6 49 3 °> 3 2 
6 4 + 53»°5 
6 26 28,56 
0 Aquilae . . . 
6 53 57*84 
6 49 20,50 
6 30 56,05 
y Cygni . . . 
7 23 7 » 9 2 
7 18 3**24 
7 00 06,37 
TABLE II. 
Transits of the Sun. 
Time by Clock at the moment of mean Noon. 
28th Sept. 
29th. 
30th. 
1st Oct. 
2nd. 
4th. 
5 th. 
h. m. s. 
11 45 13,72 
h. m. s. 
11 44 33**5 
h. m. s. 
11 43 52,21 
h. m. s. 
ri 43 10,93 
h. m. s. 
n 42 30,21 
h. m. s. 
11 41 9,81 
h. m. s. 
11 40 29,65 
