340 Mr. Paine’s Observations of the Latitudes and Longitudes 
OBSERVATIONS. 
At Philadelphia, at a place about 150 feet S. E. of Independence 
Hall, 1831, Oct. 14th, observed the meridian alt. of the Sun ; 
resulting latitude opie ics : . : . 39° 56’ 58.2” 
Latitude of the Hall by this observation  . : 39 56 59 
At Norfolk, at a place about 50 feet south of the Farmer’s Bank. 
For the Latitude. 
Oct. 31st, observed 18 altitudes of the Sun, upon or near the meridian ; 
resulting latitudes, 
36° 50’ 32.5”; 40.9” ; 38.7” ; 49.0” 5 39.4” ; 48.7” ; 45.4” ; 41.1” ; 40.3” 
« € 492; 39.1; 48.0; 58.7; 64.7; 72.5; 61.0; 71.1; 60.5 
Mean of the 18 observations . : ; ; 36° 50’ 49.6” 
Therefore, the latitude of the Bank i is : : y) 180: 050 -DOs 
For the Longitude. gu! eis 
Oct. 29th. Chronometer fast of mean time at Norfolk . 018 48.8 
« 26th. At Philadelphia, the Chronometer too fast for 
mean time 14’ 14.6” ; adding the daily rate + 1.0” makes it 
too fast Oct. 29th, at Philadelphia, . : - é 250 14. 7-6 
Difference of meridians : ; ; 0 4 31.2 
Longitude of Independence Hall, Philadelphia, 2 - 5 0 43.9 
Longitude of Farmer’s Bank, Norfolk, ; : 4 «5 95 bak 
The long. of the Navy-yard at Gosport (14 English miles 8. 9° W.) 
was determined by observations of the beginning and end of ihe eclipse 
of Feb. 12th 1881,tobe «i. <i ite aa 
Therefore the longitude of Farmer’s Bank be this ecitees is 5 5 18.0 
In the great map of the state of Virginia, the longitude of the “south 
end” of Norfolk is said to have been ascertained to be 44’ 5” 2 56.3) 
east of the Capitol, at Washington, the position of which has been found, 
by observations on the annular eclipses of 1791, 1811, cal 1831, to 
h m. ae 
bet c : ; : - : : : : -. oO Ble dee 
Therefore long. of the ‘‘ south end” of Norfolk by the map 5 5 10.9 
