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ASTRONOMICAL and 



The above determination differs but i6".3 from the latitude of New- 

 Orleans as ftated in the requifite tables, and which may have arifen from 

 the obfervations b^ing made in different parts of the city. 



Longitude of the city of Nevsr-Orleans, deduced from the eclipfes of !(.'% 



fatellites. 



Daily lofs. 



From the 24tli of January, till I left New-Orleans, I was engaged in 

 decking, and rigging a fehooner, to trunfport our baggage, apparatus, and 

 provifions along the coaft, and therefore unable to attend conftantly to the 

 going of the clock, which was fet up in a place much expofed, and pro- 

 bably the cafe was by fome accident fhiftcd a fmall matter between the 6th, 

 and 17th of February, from the pofition it had when let up : This appears 

 likely from the rate of the clock's going during that interval. 



An emerfion of die ift fatellite of 11 was obferved on the t4th of Janu- 

 ary at 6'' 10' 37'' P. M. — the clock was tlien too flow mean time 10' 

 05", the obfervation was therefore made at 6'' 20' 42" mean time, from 

 which deduft 9' 48" the equation of time, and the remainder 6'' 10' 54" 

 will be the apparent time, which deduced from 12'' 12' 19" die apparent 

 time at Greenwich by the theory, the remainder 6'' l' 25" will be the 

 difference of meridians. 



An emerfion of the iff fatellite of If was obferved on the 21ft of Janu- 

 ary at 8"^ 2' 9" P. M. The clock at the time of obfervation was 14' 34" 

 too flow mean time, the obfervation was of conrie made at 8'' 16' 43" 

 mean time, from which dedudl 12' o" the equation ot time, and the re- 

 mainder 8'' 4' 43'' will be the apparent time of the obfervation, which 

 deduced from 14'' 5' 43", the apparent time at Greenwich by the theory, 

 the remainder 6'' 1' 00" will be the difference of meridians. 



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