[ 379 3 
x Wire 
2 Wire 
3 Wire 
Stars N. or S. of 
D ’s centre 
D ’s Limb at 
Mid. Wire 
Apparent Time 
H / /, 
/ // 
/ // 
/ 
H , „ 
5 
12 22 10 
22 25 + 
22 40 + 
14 55 3 6 
d 
12 29 16 
29 3 1 — 
29 45 + 
12 TTT S. 
D 
12 36 17 + 
36 3 2 i 
36 48— 
15 9 44 
d 
12 42 54 i 
43 9 
43 24— 
9 +0 S. 
e 
1 2 
44 9 — 
44 23^ 
12 S. 
D 
12 53 10 
53 26- 
53 40 + 
15 26 31 
d 
12 59 13— 
59 27 
59 4 i* 
e 
13 012 
0 27 — 
0 41 
l 
13 7 27 
7 42 
7 57 
15 4 ° 45 
d 
13 12 5?i 
13 i 3 
13 28 
5 
13 21 32 
21 48 — 
22 3 
15 54 48 
e 
*3 
27 48 + 
3 s - 
S 
February 9 
D 
3 59 42 
59 58 
0 13 1 
6 26 26 
4 
17 cir. 
1 1 S. 
4 
19 42 
1 N. 
4 23 10 
23 26— 
23 40^ 
1 1 S. 
The obfervations from February 3 d were made with my own 
clock, with which Mr. Dixon returned from the Cape of Good 
Hope December 30 th , 1761, after examining the going of it 
there. He found it to get there 36,6 feconds upon fidereal time 
in one revolution of the fixed ftars, or 29,3 feconds per day 
more than it got at St. Helena with the fame length of pendu- 
lum : but I propofe to give a more particular account of thefe, 
and fome other experiments then made by Air. Dixon at the 
Cape, fome other opportunity. 
From equal altitudes, the fun pafled the meridian, January 
30 th , at 20 h 51' 8" \ ; February 5 th , at 2i h 16' 5", 6 ; and 
February 7 th , at 2i h 24' 17", 7. Hence the dock appears to 
C c c 2 have 
