266 DETERMINATION OF THE 1.0NGITUDE, ETC. 



location of the Capitol. It must, however, be generally regretted that 

 the omission, on the part of Lambert, of an essential correction (which, 

 for the eclipses of 1791 and 1811 had been previously pointed out by 

 Bowditch), should, from force of circumstances, have exercised for 

 many years so extensive an influence in the propagation of error. 



