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In comparing the theory with observations made round the 

 Transatlantic Pole, the results are equally satisfactory. The 

 third column of the following table is calculated from the for- 

 mula T— 86".3 Sin. D — 3°|^, and the Pole is supposed to be 

 situated in 80" N. Lat. and 100" West Long. *, and to have a 



Ee 2 In 



* If we suppose that the observations in West Greenland, and those about Hud- 

 son's Bay and Labrador, are best fitted to give the position of the Pole, it is ob- 

 vious, that it should be removed a little from the former, and brought nearer the 

 latter, so as to be placed a degree or so farther South. This change would also 

 produce a greater coincidence with Captain PABav's observations. 



t For 1779—80. See Phil. Trans. + For 1779—80. See Phil. Tram. 



