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covered until the time for equal-altitude observation had passed. The two 

 series were therefore reduced separately as alt-azimuth observations.* 



Station *i\ — Lebanon, Laclede Co. Lat. 37° 48' ; Ion. 92° 42' . The 

 station is 250 ft. S. of the track of the St. Louis & San Francisco Ry., and 

 the N.E. corner of the depot bears S. 59° 03'.9 W. from the station, being 

 distant 879 ft. This station is about 900 ft. a little N. of E. from the sta- 

 tion of 1S79. ^ polaris observation was made, but no evening mark read- 

 ing was obtained. 



Station 72 — Buffalo, Dallas Co. Lat. 37° 37'; Ion. 93° 06'. In apas- 

 ture field of Thomas Welch north-west of town. The declination station 

 was about 100 ft. S. of a small persimmon grove. This station was about 

 2CO ft from the Ft. Scott road, and was estimated to be about J of a mile 

 E. of the mill. Polaris observation. 



Station 73 — in Polk Co. Lat. 37° 36'; Ion. 93° 11' . Farm of Henry 

 Voris, which is on sec. 36, tp. 34, r. 21 W., and about 6 miles from Buffalo 

 on the Bolivar road. Station in the orchard, 295 ft. from the road fence 

 and 150 ft. from the W. line of the front yard. Polaris observation and a 

 single reading of C,, at 6 : 10 o'clock a.m. 



Station 74 — Bolnur, I'olk Co. Lat. 37° 35'; Ion. 93° 24'. Station S. 

 of town, near the South-west Baptist College. The N.E. corner of the 

 front of the building bears S. 13° 40' E., and is distant 138 feet. Polaris 

 observation. 



Station 75 — Wheulland, Hickory Co. Lat. 37° 56'; lon. 93° 24'. Sta- 

 tion on the common Si ft. N. and 13 ft. W. of the N.W. corner of the pub- 

 lic square. On sec. 24. tp. 37, r. 23 W. Polaris observation made and 

 the morning elongation of the needle determined. 



?>TAT\o-ii 'jb— Warsaw, Benton Co. Lat. 38° 14'; lon. 93° 23'. Observa- 

 tions on the hill to the E. of town, and 339 ft. from a brick house which 

 seems to have been a school-house. The S.VV. pinnacle of a brick church 

 just across- the valley, in town, bears S. 66° 12'. g W. The alarm clock 

 failed us again and a sun observation was made for meridian. 



Station 77 — Lincoln, Benton Co. Lat. 38° 23'; lon. 93° 21'. This sta- 

 tion is just E. of the Sedalia road in the "old village." The German Lu- 

 theran church (N.E. corner) bears S. 71° 21'.;, W., and is 429 ft. distant. 

 Polaris observation. 



Station 78 — Windsor, Henry Co. Lat. 38° 32'; lon. 93° 33' . Station 

 on the N.W. side of Commercial st. (50 ft. distant) and in the prolonga- 

 tion of the next street N.E. of Benton st. From the station, a perpendicu- 

 lar laid off to the track of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ry. measures 346 

 ft. Polaris observation. 



Station 79— m Johnson Co. Lat. 38° 41' ; lon. 93° 34' . Farm of Geo. 

 Zimmerman, which is the W. J of the N.E. \ of sec. 11, tp. 45, r. 24 W. 

 The observations were made in Mr. Zimmerman's yard, 104 ft. from the 

 front fence and 176 ft. E. of the E. side of the garden. Polaris observation. 



* See Trans, vol. iv. No. i, p. 83. 



