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.ACCOUNT ; OF, ;,E'XPER1ME1NT3 ^a 



Shemng ihe respective lengths pf the.fipfpU.-pendjil^tm-ni.thc equator an 



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d the pole, .;de^d,uc«c^, ^ 

 from expervne7its made at the equator^ Porto. Uello^ Poiidicherry, Madras^ and 



and Kruii ' * ' : ' ' ' 



■Manilla :■ cambihkd ■with those made at-^PBrily Londoix, 'Pello', 

 - ; , ■' •■, • Jslarid (S^iif,berg.i) . 



. sni o: 

 onob 



; "■ N times . 

 ''of Places 



, Places 

 referred'to. 



OLat^mdaO 



,' JLengtIi 

 at E'qtfafor. 



Length P.-^DfiS': 



Kquator by actual experiment 



:-^'-:^-;:.: 



?,994887' 



MJ H') 



rans, 



London, .. . 

 'Pellp,- ;«.... 

 Spitz Berg, . 



Paris,-;. 1 . 

 London. . . 

 ,Pfaro,Q( ... 



Spitz Berg, 



Porto-iidlo. 

 9° 33 30" 



Ponffiehiri-yO^^ 

 ir 55 40' 



Iw 



48^50 15' 



51 30 40 



5 66 48"fiS!q 



79 50 00 



Paris,' ..', . . . 

 London, . , . , 



ivFQi[io,zv.::., 



Spitz Berg, . 



'Parts, •>.'.-i ,-'■ 

 Lfuidon, . . . 



Spitz Bprg, . , 



13*. _4 12' 



ManfllJi. 



14° 33 2S' 







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liqiiat6r, 



'.' '^^ah^fey J PoTt4-BelIo, 

 by Pondicherry, 



■ . :: '.: ';. .'- jijy , ;,Madrii5, . .,.- 

 by Manilla, , . . 



uiubn';.;- e^:lI•i^ :::!_. '^.^^ 



Mean of "the whole, . . 



38.99548 

 3S.99699 

 38i^5>~0 

 38.99710 



89.001 5-4 

 39.00134 

 ^9.0OV97. 

 39.00280 



39.016^5' 



39.0,1694 



'^■39.01608 



39.01655 



•39.033-l'4 

 39,03381 



' ^^.•^3'343 

 39.03268 



'"S8.9948S 



38:99616 

 39.00191 

 30:.O1&4S 

 39.03309 



39.22786 

 39.2l08i^-, 

 39.2^9^ 

 39.20653 



39.20805 

 39.21619 

 39.20636 



39.21218 

 39.19822 

 39.211 67 

 39.20681 



39.20540 

 39.20871 

 39.18755 

 39.19885 



' 39.01194 



39.21517 

 39.21316 

 39.20722- 

 39.20013 



39.20899 



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