44 



PRECESSION BY POLE STAR, &c. 



As preparatory to the computations to be made, the places of the 

 following stars are here given for 1755 and 1821. 



THE POSITION OF THE SMALL STAR NEAR POLARIS. 



These results, if we except the first angle of position, appear to 

 shew that these stars have had no relative motion ; and the first 

 angle of position is reduced by the effect of precession in forty-two 

 years to 64° 46', as Mr. Herschel has remarked, which therefore 

 cannot be considered as affecting the conclusion. 



