The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-26
THE TRANSIT OF VENUS.
THE OBSERVATIONS MADE By THE EGYPTIAN
ASTRONOMERS -ISTERESTINo REPORT FROM

THE OBSERVATIONS MADE By THE EGYPTIAN
THE EAsr-s SCIENTIFIC SUCCESSES.
A very curious and interesting despatch has
been received In Washington from Cairo,
Egypt from the Khedivia Observatory. IL Is
authenticated BY the Minister OF War o. he
khedive. and signed by The director OF the OBJ
servatory, Mahmoud. The document is accom-
panied by Autograph oil four 0. the observations
taken at the government observatory at CAIRO.
The second internal contact and the second ex.
ternal contact are beautifully shown by the
photographs The first OF these took place at
sn I'm. 1S.7s, and the second external contact
at sh. som. 3i.4s., Cairo mean time. The despatch
Is headed 'OoservaJolre Khedivial, Mnistere de
Ia Guerrc," followed by a double caption, IN
Turkish and French. the latter OF which reads -
Conservation du passage de Venus lie . Decembre.
1874, correspondent an 20 Chawal 1921 de
pHeglre."
1t Is marked with notes also IN Arabic.
OBSERVATIONS AT BEYRoUr.
The same on1clal paper gives notice that al Bey-
rout syria, the second internal contact took
place at sh 29m. 17.l0s., and the second internal
contact at Sh. som. SO. BeyrOut mean time. These
were English observations. They were made IN
der Captain C. o. Broune, Royal Astronomers, and
Captain ADney, Royal Engineer and their assist
ants, whose district assigned by the English COM
mission was Egypt.
THE CAIRO OBSERVATORY
was located Oh the top or the Moquaitam Hills, a
distance OF three miles, IN q direct line, rom
Shepherds Hotel. The elevation was about 600 feet.
II ID interesting To earn the prompt and valuable
assistance rendered by the Egyptian government
TO TINS purely scientific expedition. The khedlve
Is reported oy the Englsu parties as furnishing
guard tents aud equipments, ana as having sent
his own boats to TOW up the parties OF observers
to Cairo.
TB. TRANSIT AS OBSERVED AT RODRIGUEZ ISLAND
INDIAN OCEAN. LATITUDE 10 DEG Al MIN. SOUTH
LONGITUDE Is DEG. 10 MIN. EAST.
The telegr am received by Professor Henry at the
Smithsonian Institute this morning, from the AS
trOnomer Royal at Greenwich, Is also particularly
favorable. Lieutenant Neatc, Royal Navy, and his
assistants. Wharton and Burton, Royal NAVY, TOOK
siXty-seven pictures Of both lngress and egress.
they had three stations.
The British astronomical party here must be
elated, Tor they had been warned at MaurltluS
that they could scarcely, by any possibility, land
on Rodriguez Island, owing to the coral reefs and
column or masses Of the granite CHI lines; and
that II they effected a landing they could get
neither laborers Tor and nor anything Tor their
support But our English friends knew well
enough what naval officers could overcome. 1t
to hear from some Of our American astronomer rs
by their iull reports or appearance In person.
Some OF the Swatara party expected TO be
we be surprised If Professor Hall, from Veadiv0s-
tOk, escaped the Ice blockade and got away by the
Kearsarge before Decemoer To-.
THE AMERICAN SCIENTISTS
Our American astronomers, we observe, are
complimented by the English Tor choosing as
''p0sts OF importance places given up as too nope
lesSly miserable even for our enthusiastic astronO-
mers." We await frequent despatches and reports
from the numerous observers some OF whom nave
not at oil yet responded. And we rejoice In the
AID or the lightning wires by which 1.-The whole
earth has been turned into one huge observatory. "
BY the cable stations have been selected, long
tudes determined and results recorded. The
scientific world owes to 1t the news OF grand
triumph.