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Holmes Hole, (Windmill West of Village.) For the Latitude. 
1834, October, 12 altitudes of @ Ceti gave = - - - - - 41° 27’ 18!’.2 
be 10 . a Ursa Minoris gave - - - : - 12 3 
66 14 66 © «e - - - - - 1} AI) 
be 10 - 6 Ceti # - - - - - 12 .3 
se 10 “ ao Urse Minoris “ - - - - - 10 .3 
1835, Sept. 12 ee a Aquilee es - - - - - 19. .0 
“6 10 is « Urse Minoris “ - - - - - 16 .6 
66 10 66 66 66 66 * - . ee is 1d 2 
6 12 ‘6 6 Orionis vi ee “ - - - 17 .3 
Oct. 10 ve 6 Ceti - - - - - - 20 .4 
6 11 be # Urse Minoris ‘“ - - - - - 20 .3 
é 17 6c © 66 st Z - a « 12 .9 
1836, Oct. 12 6 6 Orionis eae - é s “ ig @ 
6 10 “ « Urse Minoris <«€ “ . . - - 15 .1 
“6 ia « Canis Majoris “ - . - - - 13 .6 
1138 altitudes of © and Southern Stars, - 3 - 5 15 02 
61 s a Northern “ . - . * 15 .76 
Mean of 1'74 observations, “ - - - - a 41° 97' 15".3 
Holmes Hole, (Windmill.) For the Longitude. 
1834, Oct. By 2 chronometers east of New Bedford Mariners’ Church, - - — 1” 165,65 
1835, Sept. 4 «“ “ wee “ “ - - 15 87 
Oct 4 66 6s 66 73 66 6é s * 17 22 
at 4. 66 66 66 &e “ce ee “i a 15 94 
1836, April, 4 66 66 6 6b 66 6 . - 16 .77 
66 4. 66 66 66 6 + “e “ a 17 .29 
Oct. 4. 66 ‘“ és 6 66 66 “ “ 17 .380 
Mean of 26 chronometers, “ * a - “ - wm 1 16.72 
| Longitude of New Bedford, - - ~ - — 383.81 
Longitude of Holmes Hole, (Windmill, ) * ° - : —1 50.038 
II. 
1834, Oct. By 2 chronometers west of South Tower, Nantucket, - - — 2m 18,85 
1835, Sept. 4 4 " s 4 ve - - - 1.70 
1836, Oct, 4 : e " « Sanu t - - 1.33 
Mean of 10 chronometers, - - . - - - +2 1.58 
Longitude of South Tower, - - - - - —3 51.75 
Longitude of Holmes Hole _ - - - - . - —s 50.17 
By 26 chronometers compared with New Bedford, - - - — 1™ 50°.03 
10 s ye “Nantucket, - . . : OU ae 
Mean of 36 chronometers, “ . . : - —1 50.08 
Or, from Greenwich, - “ . i - . - 442 26.52 
