168 Miscellanies. 
Latitude of the Capitol. 
Sep. 17th, by 21 observed altitudes of both limbs 
of the sun, 38° 53’ 23.39" 
4 16 do. 8 Ceti, 22.75 
eres a 22 do. olaris, vO 8 
« 22d 12 do. both limbs of the sun, 22.31 
«ey 12 do. Polaris, 22.70 
aL Snare do. 6 Ceti, 24.89 
By mean of 56 altitudes of sun and southern stars, 23.16 
do. of 34 do. Polaris, 22,24 
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Latitude of the Capitol, N. 38° 53' 22.7” 
The corrections of the chronometers were determined by Mr. Paine 
for Boston State House, from transit observations of Mr. Bond, at 
Dorchester; those for Philadelphia State House, by eastern and 
western altitudes of stars, observed at the High School Observatory, 
by Messrs. Paine, Riggs, Walker, and Kendall, with the Troughton’s 
sextant, circle, a Pistor’s sextant, and a sextant (maker’s name un- 
known) reading to 10’.. Those for Washington were made by Mr. 
Paine. The daily rates of the chronometers for Washington were 
on mean time, 
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151 Barraud— 14.27 es 
682 do, + 1.67 Pe ae 
1678 Arnold + 8.46. sao 
With these rates, the condition of the chronometers at the begin- +. u 
ning of the eclipse was as follows :— ie 4 
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151 Barraud. 682 Barraud. 1678 Arnold. 
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™m. #,-*: ™m. s. m. 3. - 
+1931.59 42511.27 +3146.21 by 8 W. alt’s of sun, Sep. 17. 
| 11.52 4643 9F « 
31.18 11. « Tauri, 
30.96 11.61 46.34 4E. « — «@ Orionis, 
31.70 11.20 46.12 12E. © sun, 
32.65 12.13 47.14 S8E. “ «@Androm. 18 
31.70 11.38 46.34 12E. « — sun, i 
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+1931.68 +2511.48 +3146.41 Mean of 53 altitudes. 
The longitude of the State House, Boston, is stated by Mr. Paine 
to be 4h. 44m. 16.6s. W., as the result of all the observations yet made. 
It is the same as that which Dr. Bowditch had deduced from those of 
1811 and previous. The longitude of the State House, Philadelphia 
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