APPENDIX!. 2Lj!^ 



fpe(ftable author has given me the moft politive afflir- 

 aiices, that the inftruments were not damaged in fuch a 

 manner as to efFed: the accuracy of the obfervations when 

 in the hands of a skilful obferver. 



That the longitude of Kamtchatka is laid down with ,^"R";f °'' 

 fufficient accuracy by the Ruffian geographers, will ap- "'^"r'le.s. 

 pear by comparing it with the longitude of Yakutsk ; for 

 as the latter has been clearly eitabliflied by a variety of 

 obfervations, taken at different times and by different 

 perfons, if there is any error in placing Kamtchatka fo 

 for to the Eaft, it will be found in the longitude between 

 Yakutsk and Bolcheresk. A flwrt comparifon therefore 

 of fome of the different obfervations made at Yakutsk 

 will help to fettle the longitude of Kamtchatka, and 

 will ftill farther confirm the charadter of a skilful ob- 

 ferver, which has been given to KraffilnikofF. 



Kraffilnikoff in returning from Kamtchatka obferved 

 at Yakutsk feveral eclipfes of the fatellites of Jupiter, 

 of which the following are mentioned by him as the 

 moft exa6t. 



Old Style. 



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*Feb. 7. Imm. i.Sat. 11 18 35 fomewhat doubtful. 

 22. Imm. 1 1. 

 29. Imm. 1 1. 

 Mar. I. Imm. 

 Apr. 9. Em. i. Sat. 12 23 50 



* Nov. Comni. Petr. T. III. p. 460. 



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all exadt. 



