Decrease from the Middle of its full Brightness to the Middle of its least.
See Table I.
Increase from the Middle of its least Brightness to the Middle of its full.
See Table I.
1796.
September 17
35
days
1796
September 3
14
days
October 22
September 17
1797.
May 14:–
57
October 22
22
July 10–
November 13
August 7–
39
1797.
July 10–
28
September 15
August 7–
October 15–
22
September 15
30
November 6
October 15
1798.
July 29–
48
1798.
July 10–
19
September 15
July 29––
October 25
16
September 15
40
November 10
October 25
1799
August 7–
40
1799
July 4––
34
September 16
August 7–
October 11
25
September 16
25
November 5
October 11
1801
July 14–
38
1801
August 21–
34
August 21–
September 24
September 24
22
——
October 16
27+ on a mean.
——
34 on a mean.
The sum of these two means (61+), agreeing so satisfactorily with the whole rotation (611/2), no correction is requisite, as was the case with the former determinations of 1796 to reduce them to 28 and 35 days, results that differ considerably from the above (34 and 27+); but as they were deduced from only two intervals, the disagreement cannot be of any consequence, provided the number of each set be proportionally