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	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$	35	days	1796	September 3	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$	14	days
	October 22					September 17
1797.	May 14:⁠–	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$	57			October 22	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$	22
	July 10⁠–					November 13
	August 7⁠–	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$	39		1797.	July 10⁠–	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$	28
	September 15					August 7⁠–
	October 15⁠–	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$	22			September 15	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$	30
	November 6					October 15
1798.	July 29⁠–	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$	48		1798.	July 10⁠–	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$	19
	September 15					July 29⁠–⁠–
	October 25	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$	16			September 15	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$	40
	November 10					October 25
1799	August 7⁠–	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$	40		1799	July 4⁠–⁠–	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$	34
	September 16					August 7⁠–
	October 11	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$	25			September 16	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$	25
	November 5					October 11
1801	July 14⁠–	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$	38		1801	August 21⁠–	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$	34
	August 21⁠–					September 24
	September 24	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}}$	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