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DETERMINATION OF THE LONGITUDE OF SEVERAL 



Phenomenon ob- 

 served. 



Longitude W. of Greenwich. 



Remarks. 





h. m. 



s. 





Occultation of Al- 



5 8 



6-8 By Wurm. 



With corresponding observations at 



cyone, Oct. 20, 







Vienna, Dessau, and Hohenneiche. 



1824, observed 







—Astr. Nachr., 91. 



near the Capi- 



7 



39-8 By Lambert. 



lb., p. 109. — Rejected, for reason 



tol, by Seth 





. 



similar to above. 



Pease. 









Solar eclipse of 



5 8 



11-4 By Bowditch. 



With corresponding observations at 



Sept. 17, 1811, 







Salem, Massachusetts. — lb., p. 



observed near 







269. 



the Capitol, by 





6-2 By Wurm. 



With corresponding observations at 



Seth Pease. 







Salem, N. Haven, and Bowdoin 

 College, and N. York.— .^s^r. 

 Nachr. No. 181. 







21-6 By Lambert. 



lb., p. 114. — Rejected, as above. 



Occultation of y 



5 8 



27-3 By Wurm. 



With corresponding observation near 



Tauri, Jan. 12, 







Marseilles. — Ast. Nach., No. 21. 



1813, observed 







This observation not good — local 



near the Capitol 







time not well determined. 



by Seth Pease. 



5 7 



45-5 By Lambert. 



lb., p. 114. — Rejected for double 

 reason. 



Solar eclipse of 



5 8 



7-2 By Paine. 



With corresponding observations at 



Feb. 12, 1831, 







W. C. Bond's observatory, Dor- 



observed by F. 







chester, Mass., and at Monomoy 



R. Hassler. 







Point. — Am. Almanac. 



Solar eclipse of 



5 8 



13-5 By S. C. Walker. 



With corresponding observations at 



May 15, 1836, 







the principal observatories in Eu- 



observed "bv F. 







rope, reduced by H. C. F. Ve- 



R. Hassler' 







ters.—Asfr. Nachr., No. 326. 



Taking the mean of the results obtained by the different computers, 

 (those of Lambert being rejected, for reasons mentioned above) we 

 have, for the longitude of the Capitol, 



fi. m. 

 (1) 5 8 



s. 

 5-3 



(2) 7 



530 



(3) 8 



6-8 



