ON THE MERIDIAN. 89 



9. Latitude of Punnae station, at the south extremity of the arc, 

 deduced from the foregoing zenith distances of eight principal stars, 

 whose declinations and annual variations are given in the Greenzvich 

 observations for the year 1802. 



STARS. 



FOll THE BEGINNING OF 1805. 



1 



LATITUDE. 



MEAN DECLINATION. CORRECT Z. DISTANCE. 



Regulus, ............. i. 



I 3 Leonis, 



| a Herculis, »...........,., 



j « Ophiuchi, .............. 



1 • - 



12 54 58.93 N. 

 15 ,39 45.28 



7 3 0.3 



14 37 30.96 . 

 12 42 50.91 

 IfO 8 58.34 



8 21 53.53 

 5 55 52.71 



4 45- 24.09 N. 



! 7 SO 11.59 N. 



1 6 38.1 S 



6 27 48.35 N.j 

 4 33 11.86 N: 



1 59 ■ 1.9.77 .N.'| 

 12 14.69 N. 



2 IS 48.4 S. 



Mean" 



8° 9 34.84 N. 



33.7 

 ■38.4'' 



42.61 



39.05 



38.57' 



38.84 

 -41.11 j 



1 





8 9 38.39 1 



