JVezo Method of determining the Longitude. 11 .5 



He speaks of" the rising greatness of the American States, 

 both in the northern and southern hemispheres, as having 

 led to the establishment of universities in various parts of 

 that immense continent.'' What a severe though silent 

 reproach upon that ' rising greatness' is it, that he could 

 not add ' the establishment of observatories' also ! We 

 thank Mr. Baily for generously speaking of our greatness 

 without hinting at this glaring national deficiency. 



This country, however, has its practical astronomers ; 

 and*many of its observers (among whom the names of El- 

 licot and Dunbar stand pre-eminent) have done wonders, 

 considering the difficulties with which they strug!i;led. We 

 think some of these will be disposed to second the views 

 of Mr. Baily; and to furnish them with additional facilities, 

 we shall add a short catalogue from the list of moon-cul- 

 minating stars of 18 quarto pages, which he has annexed 

 to his paper, for the year !825. The principal object of 

 this catalogue is, to enable observers to find those stars 

 most favourably situated for observation, which will also 

 most probably be observed by astronomers in Europe. — 

 This list is mostly taken from a German periodical publi- 

 cation, entitled Astronomische Nachrichten, conducted by 

 Professor Schumacher, who has been very active in pro- 

 moting this method of finding the longitude, and of whose 

 work Mr. Baily speaks in terms of strong approbation. — 

 The following list contains at least one star for every day 

 in the year favourable for observation. The numbers pre- 

 fixed denote the numbers in Flamstead's Catalogue, unless 

 enclosed in a parenthesis, in which case, they refer to 

 Piazzi's Catalogue. 



