388 



h. m, s. 



Brought forward, + 07 00.83 



Reduction to the dome of the State Capitol, — 0.23 



Dome of State Capitol, west of Chicago Station No. 2, 07 00.6 

 Longitude of Chicago station No. 2, - - 5 50 31.15 



Result — Longitude of the dome of the State Capitol 

 at xMadison, Wisconsin, west of the meridian of 

 Greenwich, - - - - - 5 57 31.75 



Equal, in arc, to - - - - 89° 22' 56".25 



Latitude of the same point (approximate) as before 



siven, .... 43° 04' 40". 3 N. 



This being a State Capital, the above determination will be verified 

 by further observations, when an opportunity shall occur. 



In all the computations of the observations for the time and the lati- 

 tudes, the Apparent Right Ascensions and Declinations of the Stars 

 have been taken from the British Nautical Almanac for the year 

 1858. 



J. D. GRAHAM, 



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