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12 ilets, by Mr. Baker, 28th july, © eaft of 5 230° 4' 27"
16 ditto, 29, ditto 229 58 33
12 ditto, 3°> ditto, 230 IO
12 ditto, lith au g . 0 weft o f C 230 34 36
12 ditto, 12, ditto, 230 12 12
12 ditto, 15> ditto, 23O 25 2-
The mean o f 76 ifets, colleBively taken, - 230 15 IO
9 1rets, by Mr.Orchard, 27th july, © eaft of d 230 7 ' 5
12 ditto, 28, ditto, 230 4 31
l6 ditto, 29, ditto, 229 55 25
IO ditto, 3°> ditto, 230 13 16
12 ditto, 11th aug. 0 weft of d 230 38 54
l6 ditto, 12, ditto, 230 5 28
8 ditto, 15. ditto, 230 16 36
The mean of 83 fets, colleBively taken, - 23O 21 20
2 fets, by Mr. Ballard, 27th july, © eaft of <[ 229 46 45
12 ditto, 28, ditto, 230 7 48
16 ditto, 29, ditto, 230 2 39
6 ditto, 3°> ditto, 230 !5 7
12 ditto, 1 ith aug. © weft of 4 230 34 23
12 ditto, 12, ditto, 230 3 1 41
12 ditto, J5> ditto, 230 17 48
The mean o f 72 fets, colleBively takenl, - 23O 16 39
61fets, by Mr. Pigot, 30th july| © eaft of 4 230 !3 12
6 ditto, 3 1’ ditto, 230 2 55
5 ditto, 12th aug.i © weft o f d 230 22 21
The mean of 17 fets colleBively taken, - - 230 12 8
The mean of the whole, amounting to 3461fets, each fet
as ufual, containing 6 obfervations, colleBively taken, 230 l6 3°
Latitude, by 12 meridional altitudes of the fun, and one
meridional altitude o f a ftar, differing from 55° 15 to 550
i6 i', gave a mean refult of - 55 15
Allowing
Allowing the true longitude of the obfervatory to be
230“ 16'30", and by ten days’ correfponding altitudes,
Kendall’s chronometer was, at noon on the 15th of au-
guft, found to be fall of mean time at Greenwich, 2h 32' 15" 42"’
And gaining, per day, on mean time, at the r'atp o f 24 23
Arnold’s No. 14, fall o f mean time at Greenwich, 2 20 46 42
AntT gaining;- per Hay, at “the rate o f - - 19 37 a
Arnold’s No. r j6 , fall t>f mean time at ditto; - 5 37 13 42
And gaining, per day, at the rate of - - 42 54
Arnold’s No. 82, fall of mean time at ditto, - 6 39 2 42
And gaining, per day, - - - - 32 25
The variation of the magnetic needle, by four com-
. paffes, on (here, in 40 fè'ts of azimuths, differing front
22° 16' to 28° 16', gave 'ä mean refult of - 25° 18' eaftwardly
The vertical inclination ó f the magnetic needle was,
Marked end North, lace Ealt, - - 74 33
Ditto ditto, - Weft, - - 76 33.
•Marked end South, face Eaft, - 75 53: :
Ditto ditto, Weft, - N 76 47
Mean inclination of marine dipping needle 75 543-
The tide Was öbferved to rife generally about 16 feet, and to be high
water i h 8' after the moon palled the meridian,
N. B. The longitude of the feveral ftations between Reftoration bay
and Obfervatory inlet, are corrected by the obfervations made at the
latter place.
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