98 



Station. — In the court-house public square. This station is 35 

 feet west of the meridian, and 152 feet north of the parallel of the 

 dome of the court-house. 



Isf. The Latitude. 1859, Janvary l^h. 

 By 16 circum-meridian altitudes of ^ Orionis, south, 



combined with 16 altitudes of Polaris, north: ^ , ,, 

 Latitude of station, - - - 41 22 02.75 



Reduction to the dome of the court-house, - — 1.50 



Latitude of the dome of the court-house at Elyria, 41 22 01.25 N. 



2d. Observations for the Time. 1859, January 19th. 



Sidereal chronometer No. 2557, fast: 



By 10 observations on /3 Geminorum, east (at 'Sh. h. m. s. 



50m.) - - - - + I 00 28.47 



By 6 observations on a AndromedeB, 



west (at 4/^. 08m.) - - 1 00 28.30 



By 9 observations on /3 Andromeda^, 



also west (at Ah. 457«.) - - 1 00 28.33 



By 15 observations on 2 West Stars (at 



5/t. 277/1.) - - - 1 00 28.32 



f- 1 00 28.32 



Result — Chronometer No. 2557, fast of sidereal time 



for this station (at 4/t. 08m.) - + 1 00 28.39 



Sd. The Longitude. 

 The above result, combined with the time-observations made at 

 Toledo on the nights of the 18th and 21st of January, already given, 

 and the telegraphic signals which were passed between these two 

 places, give the longitude of Elyria, as follows, viz. — 



Determination of the difference of Longitude between Toledo, Ohio, 

 and Elyria, Ohio, by electric signals for comparisons of time, 

 January Idth, 1859. 



Sidereal Chronometer No. 2557, fast, of Elyria sidereal time (at 

 6^. 23m. 23.6s. sidereal time), Ih. 00m. 28s.93. 



Rate per sidereal day, + 5s.710; or per sidereal hour, + Os.238. 



