MAGNETIC OE3EHVATIONS MADE AT PANAMA. 



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Observations for Total Magnetic Intensity. 



Needle B. — Station, Panama, northwest bastion of the city wall. Latitude, 8° 57' 12". Lowitude 

 5° 17 57 '.63. Date, April 2d, 1849. Observer, A. W. Whipple. Weather, clear. Face of inalrument, 

 east. Hour of commencing observations, 5''' 25™'. Hour of ending observations, &' OO™-. 



Observations for Magnetic Declination. 



Station, Panama. Instrument, Fox magnetic circle, made by W. George. Observer, A. W. Whipple. 

 Latitude, 8° 57' 12" north. Longitude, 79° 29' 24."5 = a"- Vr- 57'-.63. Date, March 21st, 1849. Weather, 

 clear. 



Magnetic declination east of north, deduced from observations on Polaris, March 21st, 



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