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ASTRONOMICAL, Sec. 



Refults of the obfcTvations, made for the longitude, at the fouth end cf 

 Cumberland Ifland. 



March 13th. 

 15th. 

 17 th. 

 17th. 

 19th. 

 25th. 

 26ih. 



27 th. 



3cth. 



Apiil ift. 



2d. 



5ih. 

 yth. 



Emcrjton of the I ft; fatellite of If 



do. . 2d . 



By a lunar obfervation 



do. 



do 



Emcifion of the 3d fatellite of % 



do. of the 4 th do. byl^ 

 the Nautical Almanac J 



By de Lambrc's Tables 

 Lmerfion cf tlie I ft fiit-llite of 2f 

 By a lunar obfervation 

 Immiffion of the 3d fatellite of 11 

 Emerjion .do. . , 



Emeijion of the 2d fatellite of If 



do. . I ft; do. 



do. . 2d do. 



Weft fron» 

 Greenwich. 



By a mean of the 3 eclipfes of the ift fatellite of If, the longitude of 

 the fouth end of Cumberland ifland comes out 5'' 26' 17" weft from 

 Greenwich : By a trarerie from the obfervatory at Point Peter acrofs the 

 J'ound, the difference of longitude between that ftation, and the fouth end 

 of Cumberland ifland is 10" nearly, wliich added to the longitude above, 

 will give 5'' 26' 27" for the longitude of Point Peter ; whicii is 7" lefs than 

 by obfervation. But as there were more obfervations on the eclipfes of the 

 I ft fatellite tsken at Point Peter, and a better agreement, tliat determina- 

 tion is erititlcJ to the moft weight. — If therefore 2" be deduced i'rom the 

 longitude of the obfervatory at Point Peter as determined by obfervation, 

 and 5" added to the longitude of the fouth end of Cumberland ifland as 

 deduced from obfervation, the longitudes will ftand as below. 



Longitude of the S. end of Cumberland ifland 5 26 

 Longitude of the obfervatory at Point Peter . 5 26 



227 Weft from 

 32 J Greenwich. 



Thefe longitudes are probably as correal as they can be had by obfer- 

 vations, die refult of which depends upon a theory not yet abfolutely per- 

 fect : but thefe, with other dedudions of a like nature in the foregoing 

 work , may be further correfled when compared with correfponding obfer- 

 vations, or others made about the fame time, at obfervatories whofe pofi- 

 tlons have been accurately fettled. The latitude of the fouth end of Cum- 

 berland Ifland lias already been ftated at 30° 43' i3".8 n. 



The 



