MATHEMATICAL PAPERS. 6 
Increaíe of declination in one year, ccs n. ihe: LOT 
Increafe of. declination i ins ppt - a riu: A r. 
Ahernin " 17, 0 
Neen oo ai iis 
parent declination N, June 1, “1783, 88° 8' 41, 3 
Diftance i fo T ma WE aed br 18, 7 
[c ris di 28 
rom thefe. easton the imde compute 
; t rs obferyations of the fun, is - 42 2 3 22, 4 
2. .Fromobfervations of fix ftars near theEquator, 42 23 28, 6 
3..Erom obfervations of the pole-ftar,, — 42 23 27, 7 
is cud making the above obfervations I found i it much A 
to note the bifection of a ftar by the wire of the tele th 
— a the point of contact between the limb o of 
“tions of the meri accurate than 
thofe of the fun : And therefore fix um the mean of all the 
cuna mami as the true ' 
wie ok Maver Ha at Dae sag sii d 287, 4e 
32; of osai 
= ae ; 
-cüracy of the quadrant,as el 5 e tide of the HS x 
this pp I En dias the obratio: which were A on 
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