made in the Auftrian Netherlands. 
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LUXEMBOURG, 1772. 
061 . 22. at 3 hours P. M. a magnetic needle of four 
inches, made by dollond, gave the declination Weft 
1 8° 42^. 
061 . 23. at 10 hours A. M. the declination was 
1 8° 5 o'. 
At la heese, near hoogstr aeten. 
By a mean of twenty-two meridian altitudes of the 
Sun and fixed flars taken in November 1772, one of 
which only, gives the latitude different from the mean of 
the whole 10", 2, I determined the latitude of my obfer- 
vatory 51 0 23' 2" + N. 
Nov. 9. Emerfion v ’s third fat. 6h 49' 2 9" by the clock. 
Apparent time. 
h ' " 
Emerfion at Tyrnaw, aclirom. 3| feet, 7 19 2 
To reduce to Paris time, — 1 o 55 
Emerfion at Paris, 618 7 
I obferved it at La Hcefe, 6 27 50 
La Heefe Eaft of the Paris Obfervatory, 9 43 
My fon faw the Emerfion 1 3" later. 
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