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fiisi Table of Distances in Toises and in Seconds of a Degree r Me ofdls- 

 on the Meridian, comprised between ihe westerly Stations in ^^'^^^^^^^^^^ 

 tke Series of Tria„sles. --foTthe 



Meridian ;— • 

 ■ ■ ■ "a 



Kames of the Stations, 



Arcs in toises. 



Arcs In Seconds. 



in toi>es andi 

 •econds. 



Clifton 



0,0 



0,0 





Heathersedge - 



6834,324 



430,9928 





Orpit 



15818,489 



997.5928 





Cistlering 



19801,1934 



1248,822§ 





Corley 



14295;3S4 



901,6207 





EpweJl 



22327,008 



1408,2543 





Stow 



9^55,479 



602,7284 





Whitehorse - 



Iii799fi45 



1185,8656 





Highclere 



14990,557 



945,6354 





Dean Hill - 



16105,614 



1016,0180 





Dun nose 



23529,886 

 162057,5437 



1484,4531 





Sum total 



10221,9837 





Second Talk of successi 



ve Intervals between the Eastern Stations 



Table of tlic 









intervals 



Names of the Stations. 



Arcs in toises. 



Arcs in Seconds. 



between the 

 E. stations. 



Clifton 



0,0 



0,0 





Gringley 



2809,105 



177,149 





Sutton 



10838,816 



1061,931 





Holland Hill 



4681,190 



295,2251 





Bardon Hill 



18092,261 



1141,0462 





Arbury Hill 



27956.417 



1763,2683 





Brill 



22374.106 



1411,2769 





Nuffield 



14350,3834 



905,2155 





Bagsbot 



12137,933 



765,6822 





Hindhead 



14449,2027 



911,5140 





Butser Hill 



7853,644 



495,4551 





Dunnose 



20514,036 



1294,1974 

 10221,9607 





Sum total 



162057,0941 





Now if we take the arithmetic mean of the sums contained '^^^ arithmetic 

 , . . , ,- . , . mean of those 



^n the two tables, we have for measures of the entire arc, results gives 



comprised between the stations of Clifton and Dunnose, the ^^^ mean 

 following quantities 162057,32 toises, and 10221,972 seconds toiKs,o7lat. 

 of a degree, or 2" 50' 21 ",972. By dividing the former of of tht whole- 

 these by the second, we get the measure of a degree, corres- 

 ponding to the mean latitude of the whole arc, equal to 



57073,74 



