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Page ID (PID)	MAXW-PBB3-674
Collection	NARA-Maxwell


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Roll Description	Maxwell Blue Book 3
Document Code	N/A

MAXW-PBB3-672

MAXW-PBB3-673

MAXW-PBB3-674

MAXW-PBB3-675

MAXW-PBB3-676

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as  bright as   it   Is i7.;ci: i-dst  brilliant,     Howoror*,   under exceptionally
''*ood atnosrt''r.srio cor.ditio^s anc with t:.e cy  shielded  fron the dirost   \
rays  of''''ti.o   sa-.,   Venus   r.i w-t  do   teen as  ic-  exceed!:..-ly t^r.y Lri_,iit  point
of li.;l.t.     -^t ca:. su  sho''Ar* ''riu''i it  ac_dcfi''\i .cl;- bi-i,:hter tii
surrounding  s^''   for  on ti.e dato  in quost-ior   Verius had a
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of - seeouds oV arc, or u towul apparent auri-acolurea of ap
1E5 square saccnds.  i.ssu*ii:.^ t.Jit a" square^to^&^d of 6i."^r "wovld i>o a
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triH.e bri^ter taan th  fourth ca^^itude,  b  oortioa of the  sky of the    .,.
saiB9 ara presented  by V.ji.js would be about.  -1.4 ^a-xitude.     Slase tee
placet,  however, was 3.1,-1".. v.xl5  C tiiaes brighter than &zl erui-vuierit
area of aky.     ^hiie   it   Is  thus  physically too5si^le to  see Venus at  su=h
t,   usually its  pinpoint  character and  the   lar--e expaaa*   of &''t.y        .   >
a. perscn i.a::;H3
- to lco "toward  a point   o:i   tae  sky thut  i5**.:5t a  few rar.utes oi" arc
L nakesl its casual  dot-ootior. yvry aalii:ely.     1: t   L^c^over,
 r. trie  oositioTi cf Venus,   no   lc  apt to to   5^2j*tla by t !''  apparitiea
flc-d to vor.uer why he did.''Ti -5C  it uefore.     -Tr.o  c''icncea,   oi''  ^nurso,   rf
 lookia- at   i''JSt tlie   ri-''r.*:  spot  are  very few.     Or-.ce dcr.e,  "r.o^.e\-i^f   it   iV
usuallv fairlv asy to  rnlo^*te  tho  ol ;eot  ar.d   to oall   tloe  attention  of
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others to  it,     :lo:evor,  atr-.oavJicric crnditiocs =:-ist  bo x.iept-Ioza.lly
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 \sood.     It  is  ir.^roba^le,   :''cr eibj ilef  tl at  Vo;.js wo.-lc bo   soon uccor
Ithose  circuKfltar.ees   lu  a  lr-e  city, j
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