6 MAGNETIC OBSERVATIONS MADE AT PANAMA. 



Observation for Total Magnetic Intensity. 



Needle B. — Station, Chagres. Latitude, 9° 20' north. Longitude, 80° 01' 21" west of Greenwich, = 

 5h. 20'"- 05' .41. Daif, March 14th, 1849. Oiseruer, A. W. Whipple. Weather, c\ea.T. Face of instrument, 

 east. Hour of commencing olservations, 9" 50"'-. Hour of ending observations, 11'" 50" . 



Instrument, Fox magnetic circle. Stand, strong wooden tripod, free from iron. Magnetic Meridian, 

 Azimuth, face north, 24° 51' ; face south, 25° 05' ; mean, 24° 58'. Face of instrument, west. Hour of 

 commencing observations, 9''- SO"-. Hour of ending observations, ll""' 50"'. 



