[ 37° ] 
The fame from the a6lual obfervations on Dec. 6. and 1 5 . 
is 35° 28^44^'. The mean of thefe two, corredted for the 
line of collimation, gives the true zenith diftance above 
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thepole, 35 28 28,9. The obfervations of Dec. 12. 
13.15. cleared of refra61;ion and corredted for the line of 
collimation, give the true zenith diftance below the pole, 
o y // o / // 
39 15 33,1, whence the latitude 52 37 59, and the ap- 
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parent declination of the pole ftar,Dec. i 2th, 88 6 27,9. 
From all thefe obfervations we may conclude the latitude 
of (St. Martin’s church in) Leicefter is 52° 38V within 
very few feconds w. From fome obfervations made with 
an HADLEY'S quadrant of fix inches radius, and given 
in the Tranfadtions for 1769, I made the latitude only 
52° 37' 3'^; but thofe obfervations cannot be fet in com- 
petition with thefe, either for weight or number. 
Occultations of y and cx. Tauri, obferved at Leicefter, 
Nov. 18, 1774. 
Time 
hj the dock. 
H. M. S. 
Emerfion y Tauri, vi 27 10 
Immerlion « Tauri, Touched the limb, xiv 59 26 
Vairifhed, xiv 59 30 
Emerfion « Tauri inllantaneous,. xyi 12 
(it) The obfervations were made in Wigfion’s holpital adjoining to the. church. 
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