Abstract

DIAMETER OF MERCURY.—Prof. T. J. J. See has recently made a long seties of determinations of the diameter of the planet Mercury, using the filar-micrometer on the 26-inch refractor of the U. S. Naval Observatory at Washington. Details of 145 observations are grouped in three series, extending over the period 1900 June 20–1901 June 11. The mean diameter deduced is

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