AN ACCOUNT 



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ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS 



IQaDe at ibs Cottage, Cornliroofc 



IN THB YEARS ISSS, 4, 5, 6, & 7» TO DETERMINE ITS LATITUDE AND 

 LONGITUDE. 



BY MR, WILLIAM HADFIELD 



(Read March Otb, 1827.) 



COMMUNICATED BY PETER CLARE. 



As I am not awaxe that any observations are 

 published, which have been made by persons 

 residing in this neighbourhood, with a view to 

 ascertain the Latitude and Longitude of Man- 

 chester, or any particular place in its immediate 

 vicinity, the following account of observations 

 which I have made for that purpose, I beg to 

 offer to the Literary and Philosophical Society. 



My residence, where the observations have 

 been made, is situated on the west bank of the 

 Duke of Bridgewater's canal, and the south 

 side of Cornbrook bridge: — its direction from 

 St. Mary's spire, in Manchester, is 42° 46' west 



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