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TABLE. 



Containing' the particnlars of the measurement 

 of a base line near St. Thomas s Mount, commenc- 

 in,o" in latitude 1 3", 00', 2.9", 59 N. and extending 

 40006,4418 feet South Westerly, making an angle 

 with the meridian 0° 10' 3(5'. The first column con- 

 tains the number of the liypothenuse, or measured 

 distances. The second the length of each in feet 

 The third the angles of elevation and depression 

 (which each hypothenuse makes with the horizon). 

 The fourth tlie quantities to be subtracted from 

 the respective hypothenuse to reduce it to the ho-? 

 rizon. The fifth the perpendicular ascents and de-^- 

 scents to each hypothenuse, The sixth the com- 

 mencement in inches of every liypothenuse above 

 or below the termination of the one preceding; 

 and the seventh contains the mean temperature 

 during the respective measurement. 



