Le <ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="c7a1ff7e-e3c5-4995-a1ff-7ee3c5a9957b" corresp="#fe6709e2-ab67-4f3b-a709-e2ab673f3b87" type="editorialNote">Chronomètre de <persName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0003296 http://d-nb.info/gnd/117589500">Louis Berthoud</persName> <choice> <abbr>n.</abbr> <expan>numéro</expan> </choice> 27</ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="fe6709e2-ab67-4f3b-a709-e2ab673f3b87" corresp="#c7a1ff7e-e3c5-4995-a1ff-7ee3c5a9957b" type="editorial" resp="#CG">Vgl. die <ref target="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0016412/njtl_jxg_gnb">Anm. zu Bl. 77r</ref>.</note>. retardait sur le tems <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />moyen de <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0008564 https://www.geonames.org/3117735">Madrid</placeName> le <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1799-05-08" calendar="#calRevolutionary">19 <choice> <abbr>Flor.</abbr> <expan>Floréal</expan> </choice> <supplied cert="high">an</supplied> 7</date><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> à midi<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> de 1′ 58″. 4. comme <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>Mr.</abbr> <expan>Monsieur</expan> </choice> <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0012985 http://d-nb.info/gnd/1089219334">Jo<g ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb break="no" />seph Chaix</persName> a trouvé lors de son<ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="bddf7c4f-99f4-4225-9f7c-4f99f4a2254e" corresp="#f7f81c6e-13d4-4787-b81c-6e13d45787fb" type="editorialNote"> observation du passage de <lb />Mercure</ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="f7f81c6e-13d4-4787-b81c-6e13d45787fb" corresp="#bddf7c4f-99f4-4225-9f7c-4f99f4a2254e" type="editorial" resp="#CG">Vgl. <bibl corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/R6FXRVCP">Chaix 1800</bibl>, 407. Der Merkurtransit (<quote>passage de mercure</quote>) fand am 7. Mai 1799 statt; zu dieser Zeit hielt sich Humboldt in <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0002516 https://www.geonames.org/3129857">Aranjuez</placeName> bzw. <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0008564 https://www.geonames.org/3117735">Madrid</placeName> auf, wo er in engem Kontakt zu <persName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0012985 http://d-nb.info/gnd/1089219334">Chaix</persName> stand.</note>. Le retard journel <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#s">est</del> <add place="intralinear">était</add> </subst> <supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">de</supplied> 4″,4. Mes observations <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />de longitudes faites en des endroits regardés comme astronomi<g xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />quement bien déterminés, prouvent que jusqu’au <ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="cda05a80-9e0a-4acc-a05a-809e0a1acc2a" corresp="#e0353d45-5c5e-4413-b53d-455c5e5413c9" type="editorialNote"><date when="1799-07-15" calendar="#calRevolutionary">27 Messi<g ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb break="no" />dor</date> (jour de mon arrivée sur le Continent <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0002429">d’Amérique</placeName>)</ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="e0353d45-5c5e-4413-b53d-455c5e5413c9" corresp="#cda05a80-9e0a-4acc-a05a-809e0a1acc2a" type="editorial" resp="#CG">Für die Ankunft in <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0007693 https://www.geonames.org/3644768">Cumaná</placeName> gibt Humboldt selbst den 16. Juli 1799 an; vgl. <ref target="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0016412/start_m43_wvw_cmb">Bl. 31r</ref>.</note> le <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Chronomètre a conservé la même marche.