in the position of some of the principal fixed Stars . 537 
The French astronomers, in their Trigonometrical Opera- 
tions, employed six stars, whose declinations for the year 
1793, they determined with a singular degree of precision 
with their repeating circle, viz, 
N. P. D. 
1793 a Draconis 
f Urs. Maj. 
Capella 
Pollux 
/3 Tauri 
7* 
25 37 52,05 
33 59 21,30 
44-13 50,40 
61 29 15,20 
6 1 35 0,50 
17 96 (3 Urs. Min. 15 o 40, 37* 
By combining these with Bradley’s observations in 1753, 
I compute their predicted places for 1823, and find them by 
observation as follows : 
n 
$ Urs. Min. 3,5 North of its predicted place. 
a Draconis 3,5 North, 
f Urs. Maj. 1,3 South. 
Capella 6,0 South. 
Pollux 4,0 South. 
(3 Tauri 3,0 South. 
Sirius 7,0 South, from a determination of 
Mechain with the repeating 
circle in 1800. 
The above are the best authorities that can be found from 
the time of Bradley to the year 1813. 
* The Westbury determination of $ Ursse Minoris differs 2" from this ; and as 
the observations were made on the star both above and below the Pole, it merits 
some confidence. The mean of the French and Westbury Observations give a 
northern motion equal to 
3 Z 
MDCCCXXIII. 
