OF THE SUN, JUNE 16,-1806. 269 



The above altitudes of the sun are the result of direct and 

 inverse observations, corrected for refraction and parallax. 



June 18th, we embarked in a packet for the house of. Chan- 

 cellor Levingston, which is on the bank of the river, and b) 

 two direct observations of meridian altitudes on the 19th and 

 '20th, the latitude of said house appears to be ¥2?. 04' 3.9". 



Chronometer slow with respect to mean time, by three series of complete') jj- ^y- g 



observations of altitudes of the sun 19th of June in the morning. 3 

 By three series, 20th, ilitlo. . .'._'. . . 11 33 2 



June 21st, we embarked for New- York, and having put in- 

 to Ncwburg on account of the wind, I observed the latitude 

 from the wharf of that town, from a meridian altitude of the 

 sun, and found it to be 41° 30' 20". 



By four series of altitudes of the sun, taken in the afternoon 

 of the 22d of June, the chronometer was slow with respect to 

 mean time h 11' 11" 50. 



June 23d, we arrived at New-York. — By observations of al- 

 titudes of the sun in Partition street, the chronometer was as- 

 certained to be slow with respect to mean time, 



June 24th. ..11' 09" 3 

 July 4th. ... 11 17 5 



If we compare the absolute state of the chronometer from 

 the day of departure to the 24th, when I returned to this city, 

 it will appear that in 16 days the gain was = 9" 2, daily gain, 

 = ^ =0" 571 



Mean gain between the observations of New-York before our) 

 departure, and the observations of Kinderhook. . . 5 

 Between Kinderhook and the observations at New-York on our return. 



Latitude of New-York, Partition street. . 40 42 40 Longitude 00 



Ncwburg. . . . . .. 41 30 20 East. 2 



House of Chancellor Levingston. . . 42 04 39 East. 23 6 



Kinderhook, S. landing, where the eclipse was observed 42 23 03 East. 51 3 



Albany, Pomerat's Hotel. . . . 42 38 38J East. 58 



The position of Albany I determined last year, in the month 

 of August, with the same chronometer and circle of reflection, 

 and its correctness is to be depended upon, as much as that of 

 the other observations. The rate of going of the chronometer 

 was, with a very slight difference, the same as it was found to 



