258 An EASY METHOD or FINDING THE. 
* Exampecre Hl. 
Latitude of the place 42° north, time of obfervations. 
January 17th 1785, at 2" 4o™ A. M. 
muth, 1° 5’ eafterly. 
Star’s R. A. + 24° - = 
Sun’s R. A. - -. - 
Time of ftar’s pafling the meridian, 
Magnetic azi- 
H. M. 
—/ “24: 49: 
= 20 rt 
- 4 48 
24 
28 48 
Time of obfervation reckoned from noon, 14 40: 
Time before ftar comes to meridian, 
——— 
-. 14 - 8 
Correfponding to true azimuth, 1° 16° W. 
Magnetic azimuth, - ee 
iwi 
Variation, - = - a: 21: ES 
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