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Mr . Pond on the Declinations 
Polaris. 
' 
Day of the 
Month. 
Zenith Distance 
corrected for 
Refraction. 
Reduced to 
January, 1800. 
l 8 oO 
Nov. 2 
37.00.30,3 
0 / // 
37.00.3,2 
4 
37.00.30,8 
37.00.3, 0 
7 
37 -°°- 3 1 >3 
37 . 00 . 2,4 
11 
37.00.32,7 
37 . 00 . 2,7 
*7 
37.00.36,0 
37 . 00 . 4,2 
18 
37.00.36,3 
37.OO.4.3 
19 
37 - 00 - 35>7 
37 - 00 - 3,4 
20 
37.00.36,3 
37.00.3,8 
21 
37.00.37,6 
37.00.4,8 
2 5 
37.00.40,1 
37.00.5,8 
27 
37 -oo .39,3 
37. 00.4. 9 
-9 
37.00.40,3 
37.00.5,2 
30 
37.00.40,1 
37.00.4,8 
Dec. 23 
37.00.44,2 
37.00.5,2 
1801 
Jan. 1 
37.00.44,3 
37.00.4,6 
21 
37.00.44,2 
37.00.5,0 
24 
37.00.44,7 
37.00.5,8 
25 
37.00.44,3 
37.00.5,2 
Feb. 6 
37.00.43,6 
37 - 00 - 5>7 
25 
37.00 40,8 
37.00.6,2 
Mar. 2 
37 -°° 39’3 
* 37.00.5,8 
25 
37.00.33,4 
37.00.5,6 
3 1 
37.00.30,6 
37.00.4,2 
April 2 
37 -°°- 3°>9 
37-00.4,8 
2 
37.00.29,7 
37.00.3,9 
3 
37.00.29,9 
37-00.4,5 
4 
37.00.29,2 
37.00.44 
5 
37.00.28,4 
37 -o°- 3>9 
1 S 
37.00.28,2 
37 -oo. 5,5 
June 11 
37.00.15,0 
37 -oo- 3.5 
N. B. These observations of the polar star were all made by reversing the instru- 
ment several times, before and after the star’s passage over the meridian, allowing 
for the small change in altitude, according to the French tables constructed for that 
purpose. 
