176 
C. H. F. Peters 
1862 Jan. 14. 
16. 
24. 
27. 
3 1 - 
Feb. 5. 
7* 
8 . 
11. 
16. 
Mar. 8. 
9- 
11. 
i3- 
18. 
19. 
20. 
2 5- 
26. 
27. 
28. 
29. 
Apr. 4. 
6 . 
7- 
9- 
10. 
11. 
12. 
i 3 - 
20. 
22. 
24. 
2 5- 
26. 
27- 
May 4. 
5- 
6 . 
8 . 
10. 
11. 
12. 
14. 
i5- 
i 7 - 
20. 
22. 
24. 
26. 
28. 
3 °- 
June 5. 
8 . 
20. 
22. 
Fine, clear; spots beautifully well defined; solar limbs 
a little undulating. 
Many clouds; clear while observing, but strong gale 
from the W. shaking the telescope. 
Clear; moderately sharp images. 
Very clear and pretty steady. 
Very clear, but limbs and spots badly swimming; sky 
without clouds. 
Thin clouds, images at times very sharp and distinct. 
Clear and pretty steady; sometimes undulations pro¬ 
duced by passing clouds. 
Very hazy; images sometimes, however, quite distinct 
and calm. 
Clear and steady. 
Images neat and steady. 
Some haze; images calm and well defined. 
Clear; images neat; little hazy. 
Clear and well defined; some few clouds. 
Hazy; somewhat undulating 
Suddenly cleared up; pretty strong W. wind; images 
neat and steady. 
Clear and pretty steady. 
Clear; some haze; images a little unsteady. 
Very clear; strong W. wind. 
Very clear; heavy W. wind. 
Pretty clear, steady and neat. 
Clear, but not very steady; strong N. W. wind. 
Clear, but images not very sharp; undulating. 
Clear, little hazy; steady. 
Many clouds; sometimes very clear for short intervals. 
Strong W. gale. 
Hazy; limbs a little undulating. 
Clear; good images. 
Clear and fine. 
Fine, clear and steady. 
Fine and clear. 
Clear. 
Very hazy though steady. 
Clear with many clouds; wind shaking telescope. 
Clear; strong wind from W. 
Very hazy though calm; spots undulating. 
Clear and distinct. 
Many clouds; limbs undulating; at times the sky 
pretty clear. 
Clear and fine between many clouds. 
Very clear between the clouds; strong W. wind. 
Clear, but a yery strong gale from W. shaking telescope. 
Clear but windy. 
Very clear, but strong W. wind which produces at times 
undulations. 
Clear and fine. 
Clear. 
Very fine and clear. 
Quite clear; spots a little undulating. 
Clear, with clouds; limbs undulating. 
Clear; the limbs a little undulating. 
Clear, with clouds; the wind blowing a gale from the W. 
Clear; wind. 
Hazy, still sufficiently clear for the small dots. S. 
wind sometimes shaking the telescope. 
Clear, but strong wind. 
Clear, but very hazy after second set of measure¬ 
ments. 
Hazy in the beginning, then very clear; steady. 
Clear, with many clouds; not very steady. 
Clear, some clouds. 
Clear, with many clouds. 
June 26. 
29. 
July 1. 
3- 
6 . 
7- 
8 . 
10. 
11. 
i3- 
i5- 
18. 
19. 
2 5- 
27. 
29. 
3 1 - 
Aug. 2. 
4 - 
6 . 
8 . 
10. 
12. 
14. 
i5- 
i 7 - 
18. 
20. 
22. 
24. 
26. 
29. 
31- 
Sept. 3. 
5- 
7- 
9 - 
11. 
i3- 
IS- 
i7- 
19. 
22. 
23- 
25- 
27. 
Oct. 3. 
5- 
7- 
12. 
i5- 
18. 
20. 
2 3- 
28. 
3i- 
Nov. 2. 
Clear and steady. 
Clear and pretty steady, though S. wind. 
Clear. 
Very clear, with clouds; wind E.; spots somewhat 
swimming. 
Hazy; the solar disk on the projection table reddish; 
the spots, however, neat and steady. 
Veil of haze over the sky rather thick. 
Many clouds, clear between; limbs undulating. 
Clear. 
Very clear. 
Hazy and clouds; limbs undulating. 
Interrupted by cloudiness so that not all of the declina¬ 
tions could be read off. 
Many clouds; limbs undulating strongly, sometimes 
also the spots. 
Clear, not very steady; wind S. 
Clear, some clouds. 
Clear, somewhat undulating. 
Clear, with flying clouds; limbs very much undulating. 
Quite clear and pretty steady; a little windy. 
Haze and clouds in the beginning, then very clear. 
Many clouds; limbs undulating; wind E. 
Clear, with clouds; strong wind; images a little blurred. 
Many clouds; at times very clear; wind. 
Clear and well defined. 
Very clear and images neat; strong wind. 
Thick cloudy haze; difficult observation. 
Very clear and calm. 
Many clouds, very clear between; strong W. wind. 
Quite clear, but spots sometimes badly swimming. 
Clear, but limbs strongly undulating; wind S. 
Very clear, though strong S. wind. 
Clear, but bad swimming of images. 
Very clear and steady. 
Clear, with clouds; images rather unsteady; strong 
W. wind. 
Very clear, though images not quite without undulations. 
Very clear though somewhat undulating. 
At times pretty clear; undulating; S. wind. 
Many clouds, sometimes very clear; S. wind. 
Many clouds; strong undulations. 
Clear, but strong undulations of limbs. 
Clear. 
Very clear; images very fine and neat. 
Very clear and neat between the clouds; strong S. 
wind. 
Clear and pretty. In second set some clouds. 
Clear with clouds; limbs sometimes strongly undulating. 
Very clear and fine; steady. 
Clear and steady. 
Very clear; sometimes strong undulations of limbs. 
Through clouds; sky almost entirely covered. Clear 
at noon for a moment when the sketch was made. 
Strong gale from N. W. and images in great undula¬ 
tion (undulations on limb retrograde). 
Neat and clear. 
Hazy, though steady and spots well seen. 
Hazy, many clouds; sometimes clear. 
Clear with some clouds intervening. 
Clear with strong W. wind; undulating limbs. 
Very clear, but many clouds, and strong W. gale. 
Very clear and steady; haze at the end while reading 
the declinations. 
Images very neat and fine; very steady. 
Very hazy; limbs undulating; smaller spots visible 
only at intervals. 
