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MAGNETIC OBSERVATIONS MADE AT PANAMA. 



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 = 5"- l?" 57'.63. Dale, March 28th, 1849. 

 Weather, clear. 



Reading of azimuth circle when reduced to true meridian, 



Reading of azimuth circle when the vertical circle is in the plane of the magnetic meridian, 



Magnetic declination east of north, deduced from observations on Polaris, 



56 04 11 

 49 15 45 



6 48 26 



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

 Latitude, 8° 57' 12 ". Longitude, 79° 29' 24".5 west of Greenwich = 5"'- 17"- 5r-.63. Dale, April 2d, 

 1849. Weather, clear. 



