1835.] 



Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 





By Moon Culminators. 















Sums of se- 













conds mul- 









Intervals in 





tiplied by 





Date. 



Stars. 



.Sidereal Time. 



Longitude. 



the No. of 

 stars ob- 

 served. 



Means. 



1834. 





M. S. 



H. M. S. 





H.M. S. 



Jan. 16th, . . 



fi Piscium, . . 



—43 48'47 



4 58 56 



56 



4 58 56 



Jan. 18th, .. 



| Ceti, 



+ 4 1609 

 —27 30-16 



.. .. 52 



160 



53 



Jan. 19th, .. 



fi Ceti 



+ 20 33-68 













+ 5 42-92 



. . . . 60 



340 



57 





/Tauri,.... 



—25 10-92 









Feb. 18tb, .. 



t Tauri,. . . . 



+ 20 10-62 











H Gem. .... 



—40 40-58 



. . . . 64 



532 



59 





V 



—51 30-34 









March 16th, 



a Tauri, .... 



—28 13-52 



.. .. 48 



580 



58 



March 17th, 



a Tauri, .... 



+24 59-84 











t 



—36 19-96 

 —51 30-38 

 + 34 56-58 



. . . . 65 



775 



60 





c 





March 19th, 



,u Gem 









+ 14 08-40 

 —47 17-70 

 + 14 41-18 



.. .. 64 

 56 



967 

 1079 



60 





/3 





March 20th, 



£ Gem 



60 





8 Cancri,. . . . 



—45 24-46 









April, 18th,.. 



£ Cancri,. . . . 



+28 27-10 











a Leonis, . . 



—31 16-12 

 —42 33-64 

 +28 07-98 



.. .. 44 



1211 



58 



April 19th, .. 



a Leonis, 









+ 16 50-40 

 —41 55-32 

 4-39 41-06 



.. .. 69 



1418 



59 









May 17th, .. 



p Leonis,. . . . 



r 









+ 7 17-52 



. . . . 75 



1718 



61 





7 Virg 



—33 35-14 







—48 37-70 

 +22 03-22 









May 18th, .. 











+ 7 00-62 

 —33 53-12 

 —47 52-56 



.. .. 67 



1 



ly86 



62 





8 











Longitude by Moon Culminators,.. .. 

 The exact agreement of the two is of course a mere ch 

 however to mention that I have inserted the whole of my 

 a selection from them. 



.. = 4 59 02 

 ance : I think it right 

 observations, and not 



VII. — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 

 Wednesday Evening, the lUh January 1835. 

 The Reverend W. H. Mill, D. D. Vice-President, in the Chair. 

 After reading the Proceedings of the last Meeting, the Meeting passed 

 to the Ballot for the Office-bearers of the ensuing year, when the Lord 

 Bishop, the Rev. Dr. Mill, Sir J. P. Grant, and Mr. W. H. Macnaghten 

 were elected Vice-Presidents ; and the Members composing the Committee 

 of Papers last year were unanimously re-elected. 



