On 17 August between one and two o'clock, while I was reducing my observations, Professor Newcomb came into my room to eat his lunch and I showed him my measures of the faint object near Mars which proved that it was moving with the planet.
Pada 17 Agustus antara jam satu dan dua, ketika saya telah mengurangi pengamatan saya, Profesor Newcomb datang ke kamar saya untuk makan siang itu dia dan saya menunjukkan langkah-langkah saya tentang objek kusam dekat Mars yang terbukti mengelilingi planet itu.