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IV. RACINE, WISCONSIN. 



The observing station here, is S. 44° 42' 40" E. 100 feet from the 

 middle of the base of the tower of Saint Luke's Church (Episcopal); 

 and it is N. 87° 05' E. and distant 297 feet from the dome of the 

 Racine Court House, situated 100 feet west of the west margin of 

 Main street, between 5th and 6th streets. 



Is^ Observations for the Latitude. 1858, September 6th. 



By 11 observed circum-meridian altitudes of Altair ^ ^ ^^ 



{oc Aquila;) south, - - - - 42 43 46.3 



By 11 observed circum-meridian altitudes of 7 Ce- 



phei, north, - - - - - 42 43 43.1 



BeswZ^— Latitude of station, - - - 42 43 44.7 N. 



Reduction to the dome of the Court House, - — 0.1 



Latitude of Racine Court House, - - 42 43 44.6 



2d. Observations for the Time. Same Night. 



Sidereal chronometer No. 2557, fast : 



By 13 observations on oc Coronce Borealis, west (at h. m. s. 



19h.07m.) 1 07 36.69 



By 9 observations on cc Andromeda, east (at 20/t. 



26m.) 1 07 37.1 



Result — Chronometer No. 2557, fast of sidereal time 



for this station (at 19/i. 46m.) - - + 1 07 36.9 



3d. The Longitude. 



Reference must be made to the above observations made this night 

 for the Racine time, and to the observations before recorded, of the 

 6th and 7th of September, made at Chicago for the time there, and 

 also to the following telegraphic signals, viz: 



