New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-09
TIE TRANSIT OF VENUS.

LAmENTs OVER THE FAILURE OF THE ENGLISH
OBSERVATIONS IN NEwZRAIAND-THR AAfERI-
CANS MORE SUCCESSFUL.
FtOm The London rse. Dec -
The Astronomer Royal has forwarded to US
the following kilograms:
From Major Palmer, Christchurc1. Newzealand:
snd photograph. I'LL near third contact NOBODY ogresa
From bir Told, AdeiHide
;9', e ysHa-LasTs'' slo", eyes. we'll eb'e coqt.t'
Adelaide time Tor HernA and external eooae No BLACK
Our Vienna correspondent teegraphed on Friday as
follows:
According telegram received by the Imperial
Academy OF Sciences from Drs. Weiss and Oppolzer
who went TO observe the transit OF Venus Jassy the
observation VI external contact at moment Of the
exit mas succeeded. As they had time fix the exact
they obtained reliable data for calculation The longi
tude determined by telegraphe time signals with
the Observatory in Vienna. As JassY lies the limits
Ut the line where the phenomenon visible. they
tribute some Importance to their observations
We have received the following through Reuters
agency:
The French astronomical party under the direction OF
NJ Fleurais succeeded IN observing the first and second
contacts. There a ight black hgament. Photo
graphs vera taken. The weather was slightly hazy.
New Zealand the English Southern station, by OBJ
seryatons at which, combined with those taken in
Egypt the piraux was to be determined by Delsles
When this il In mind the serious nature Of the
telegram from Newz1 aand which the Astronomer Royal
mas forwarded to US Will be- obvious 10 everybody Half
the English attack has failed. Nobody egress" says
Major Palmer from New Zealand. with elegrap1c terse
meas which must have increased his disappointment see
ing that the egress what the English went Out 70 see
and IL We get Nobody tngress " from the sandwich
Islands as well, the Delslean method Will have
failed utterly English hands; ana, II applied AT
egress nc all IL Will be- by help OF possible American
observations at Chatham Island, possible French
observations at Campbell Island or possible German
observations at the Auckland Islands II any results
are obtained at either OF these stations. then we NAV
hope for better application " the method We are now
discussing chat OF Delslel than tue E1giSh ObserYa
irons In NewZealand had alone succeeded. Sni 40 Tar
"a the application this method goes, taking into ac
count all the observing parties from which news mas
not as received there good ground fOr nope
This scrap OF consolation brings US TO another
rolnt. All the stations, French, American and
German, to which have referred are, In
fact stations from which the whole transit OBJ
se1 yabIe with good her that the Photographic
heliomeric and the Halleyan method may be employed
succezs ia already the Northern Hemisphere.
especially at Nertschnsk. We may indeed. almost 20
so Ar as say that the Americans IN tue series or pho
tographs the third contact at CLYDE nave
got all they wanted II is more than doubtful whether
the Americans will use the Delsledn method az Oil, Tor
a reason have before stated.
from Picking - important not only as regards
the French party from which IL comes out because 10
enables stmate the chances OF the American and
Russian parties stationed there. These must be pro-
nounced good for IL found that the haze had not IN
terered much with the photographs taken at Port Pos
siet, when they subsequently developed. PROBES
sor NewcOmbs reference 20 the Importance, 20 the
American plans. orDhOtogaphs taken OF Peking Will not
have been forgotten.
with reference TO another French partY-that at the
Island Saint Paut announced at the last meet
ing OF the French Academy or Sciences that III.
MOuchez finding difficult to get his 400 cases TO
the plateau had chosen site IN one Oi the pays
which ne considered q very good one.