316 Colonel Beaufoy's Astronomical, Magnetical, [April, 



Article XV. 



Astronomical, Magnetical, and Meteorological Observations. 



By Col. Beaufoy, F.R.S. 



Bushey Heath, near Stanmore. 



Latitude 51° 37' 42" North. Longitude west in time 1' 20'7", 



Astronomical Observations. 



Feb. .3. ATauri {££»;;;; 6 7 h .»' 2 T}Mean time at Bushey. 



Small star about the /Immersion... . 6 25 24 f Mean t|me at Bnsh 

 6th magnitude. (.Emersion 7 4o 28 J * 



Small star about the f Immersion.. 6 26 06 1 MeaQ tjme at Bugh 

 8th magnitude. {.Emersion not observed. J 



Magnetical Observations, 1818. — Variation West. 



Feb. 25 the wind blew hard, with violent gusts from the west- 

 ward, and the needle vibrated at intervals 57'. In taking the 

 mean of the observations at noon, that on the 26th is rejected, 

 owing to the variation being so unusually small ; for which there 

 was no apparent cause 

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