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EUROPE. 



Gkeat Britain — concluded. 



Falmouth Observatory, England^ 1909, 1913 — continued. 

 1909 by Carnegie Institution of Washington. A stone 

 set up on opposite hillside was used as mark. This is 

 permanent reference mark of observatory and is in 

 true bearing 4° 40! 7. 



Porthalloxo, England, 1913. — Practically a reoccupation of 

 station of the British Magnetic Survey of 1890; in 

 cultivated field just south of Roskorwell farmhouse on 

 east side of St. Keveme Road; 21.9 meters from stone 

 boundary fence on west, 40.5 meters from east fence, 

 and 40.5 meters from north fence. True bearings: 

 St. Keveme Church spire, 5° 54(6; extreme west edge 

 of north chimney on house distant about 50 yards 

 (46 meters), 22° 19!2; extreme east gable of row of 

 quarry workmen's houses on hill, 315° 04(4. 



St. Anthony, England, 1909, 1913. — In southwest part of 

 field belonging to Mr. Spry, southwest of government 

 signal station, southeast of fort on St. Anthony's 

 Point, 4.2 meters east of brow of hill, and 39.5 meters 

 southeast of fence post from which fence begins to 

 make sudden dip towards water, next post west being 

 near granite landmark on side of steep slope; not 

 marked. This is practically a reoccupation of the 

 station of 1909. True bearing: flagstaff on dome seen 

 in direction of Pendennis Castle, 102° 5315. 



Truro, England, 1913. — Practically a reoccupation of sta- 

 tion of British Magnetic Survey of 1890; in east comer 

 of cricket and football field leased by Wesleyan College 

 from Mr. Auckin, owner of Langbessow Farm, in 

 St. Clements Rural; 25.4 meters from gate in east 

 comer of field, 45 paces from most easterly goal post, 

 6 meters from ditch along southeast side of field, and 

 4.1 meters from boundary line along southeast side 

 of playing field; marked by cross in top of tent peg 

 driven flush with ground. True bearing: point on 

 right end of red and white striped pavihon, 250 yards 

 (229 meters), 90°3i:9. 



Norway. 



Haaien Island, 1914. — On extreme eastern end of island, 

 at elevation of about 60 feet (18 meters); marked 

 by cross cut in top of large flat rock. True bearing: 

 Melko Ughthouse, 231° 0517. 



Hammerfest, 1914. — Two stations, designated A and B, 

 were estabhshed on a gentle slope about two-thirds 

 of distance from shore to foot of mountain that rises 

 abruptly to north of stations. A is 310.4 meters 

 north-northeast from granite pillar known as "merid- 

 ianstotten" marking terminus of a meridian arc, about 

 110 meters east-northeast of nearest point of seashore, 

 about 12.6 meters east of nearest point of bank of small 

 stream, and 16.60 meters west-southwest of nearest 

 telephone pole. True bearings : meridianstotten, 10° 

 29; 1; beacon on small island, 29° 4510; Grundvaag 

 Lighthouse, 63° 3517; beacon on Haaien Island, 77° 

 23:9; flagstaff on hotel, 323° 26:8; Lutheran Church 

 spire, 333° 54:8. B is 18.35 meters southeast of A, 

 in azimuth 307° 24', 39.83 meters north-northeast 

 from nearest comer of small shed nearly in hne with 

 granite pillar, 25.30 meters north of board fence, and 

 16.26 meters south of nearest telephone pole. True 

 bearings: meridianstotten, 13° 35!!; beacon on small 

 island, 29° 56:7; flagstaff on hotel, 323° 38:6; 

 Lutheran Church spire, 334° 19 :0. 



Hammerfest {Meridianstotten), 1914. — A close reoccupation 

 of Axel S. Steen's station of 1902, due south of merid- 

 ian column on Fulgenaes Point, 9.42 meters from 

 nearest edge of iron raiUng surrounding column, 12.05 

 meters northwest of an angle in high board fence 

 nearly in direction of spire of Lutheran Church used 



EUROPE. 



Norway — concluded. 



Hammerfest (Meridianstotten), 1914 — continued. 



as azimuth mark; marked by hole broken in a flat 

 stone, 20 by 35 cm., which hes embedded in the ground. 

 True bearings: beacon on Fulgenaes Point, 45° 28:6; 

 Fulgenaes hghthouse, 48° 22:5; cupola on Swedish 

 consulate, 276° 44 :0; spire on CathoUc Church, 307° 

 10 :7; beacon on mountain, 310° 57:4; spire on 

 Lutheran Church, 322° 19 :0. 



Hielmen Island, 1914. — At the northeast comer of island 

 on a butte separated from higher portion of the land 

 by a narrow gulch, at an elevation of approximately 

 50 feet (15 meters), on a large flat ledge. True bear- 

 ings: Melko Lighthouse, 246° 53:3; Gmndvaag Light- 

 house, 321°08:0. 



Melko Island, 1914. — On southwest end of Melko Island, 

 about 10 paces northwest of highest point of this 

 portion of island on a line produced through this 

 summit from the town of Hammerfest. To the north 

 between station and main portion of island is a low 

 neck where the sea breaks across. True bearings: 

 beacon on Haaien Island, 60° 59:9; Melko Lighthouse, 

 185° 57 :0; meridianstotten, 299° 3719; spire on 

 Lutheran Church, 304° 50:0; staff on Fulgenaes 

 Lighthouse, 306° 48:6; cairn on mountam, 320° 26:6; 

 Lighthouse on Akkerfiord, 358° 04:9. 



Skibnoes Fiord, Soro Island, 1914. — On a peninsula which 

 juts out into Soro Sund to southward and incloses 

 Skibnoes Fiord, on a point about 60 feet (18 meters) 

 west of edge of the hill which at this point is approxi- 

 mately 70 feet (21 meters) high, about 150 feet (45 

 meters) south of a small but deep gxUch. There is a 

 low place where boats land to northward which 

 separates largest part of peninsula from main island. 

 True bearings: Mylingen Lighthouse, 260° 07:8; 

 Melko Lighthouse, 298° 17 :0; spire of the Lutheran 

 Church, 302° 04:4; west gable of white house on 

 Birch Tree Fiord, 313° 13:6; Grundvaag Lighthouse, 

 358° 59:8. 



NORTH AMERICA. 



United States. 



Derring Harbor, Shelter Island, New York, 1910, 1913, 

 1914. — Carnegie Institution of Washington station of 

 1910 was reoccupied in 1913 and 1914. It is the north 

 stone of true meridian line on 10-acre wooded tract 

 located on bluff at southeast end of Derring Harbor 

 and belonging to Prof. Charles Lane Poor, of Columbia 

 University. The two meridian stones are granite posts, 

 dressed 6 by 6 inches (15 by 15 cm.) on top and about 

 4 feet (1 meter) long, dressed portion extending about 

 8 inches (20 cm.) from top. Each is lettered on top 

 "C.I.W. 1910" and has half-inch hole, drilled about 

 2 inches (5 cm.) deep at center; these drill holes mark 

 precise points. The meridian line is approximately 

 m middle part of level portion of tract, north stone 

 being about 15 meters from edge of bluff, south stone 

 57.6 meters from north stone. The following dis- 

 tances were measured from north stone to copper 

 nails driven in nearby trees, which form a triangle 

 about station: north oak tree, 4.65 meters; east dead 

 twin trees, 5.64 meters; west dead tree, 4.22 meters. 

 Tme bearings: tip of tower of Union Chapel, Shelter 

 Island Heights, 94° 41 : 1 ; middle of top of tall chim- 

 ney, Greenport water works, 130° 23 '5; flagstaff at 

 Greenport schoolhouse, 144° 18. '0; middle top of tall 

 chimney of Greenport Hygeia Ice Co., 151° 18 :6; tip 

 of spire of First Baptist Church, Greenport, 154° 15. '3. 



Greenport, Lorig Island, New York, 1909, 1910, 1913, 1914.— 

 Two stations, A and B, were occupied in 1909 and 1910: 

 in 1913 and 1914 only A was occupied. A is identical 



