Tables ofilie Variations of the Magnetic Needle. £83 
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Art. XIV. — Tables of the Variation of the Magnetie Needle 
in d^erent pa7ds of the Globe. (Continued from p. 1£0.) 
Table VIII. Containmg the Variation of the Needle^ as ob^ 
se^^ved in Asia and the adjacent Islands. 
Year of 
Magne- 
Year of 
Magne- 
Names of Places. 
Observa- 
tic Va- 
Names of Places. 
Observa- 
tic Va- 
tion. 
i-iation. 
tion. 
riation> 
Alexandretta, Syria, 
{ 
1694 
14"22'W. 
Celebes, Bonthain, 
1767 
1°16'W, 
1612 
13 40 
Chaul, India, 
1721 
5 27 
] 
1612 
12 40 
1601 
16 0 
Aden, Arabia, < 
1674 
15 0 
1612 
14 0 
1 
1723 
13 50 
1612 
14 30 
V 
1723 
13 42 
1620 
14 20 
Ava, India, 
1689 
5 0 
Cape Comorin, 
1680 
8 45 
Aleppo, Syria, - 
1781 
12 30 
India, 
. '1688 
7 30 
Alguarda, near Goa, 
1722 
5 49 
1723 
2 51 
Anjanga, India, 
1724 
4 17 
— 
2 48 
Bab-el-Mandeb, 
1723 
1723 
14 20 
14 8 
2 50 
3 9 
Baixos de Chagos j 
1610 
19 50 
Ceylon, 
Island, 
Beit-el-Fakih, - 
1762 
11 50 
Friar’s Hood, | 
1722 
1722 
2 12 
2 21 
Bachian Island, ( 
1612 
4 48 E. 
f 
1613 
13 24 
Amasane Bay, ( 
Point de Galle, •< 
1723 
2 46 
( 
1676 
12 0 W. 
1723 
2 45 
] 
1721 
5 12 
1731 
3 0 
Bombay, India, < 
1721 
5 16 
1735 
2 0 
1 
1722 
5 7 
Chandernagore, 
1743 
1 20 
1723 
5 10 
India, 
1745 
1 0 
Banca Island, 
1791 
0 0 
1747 
0 0 
Balasore, India, 
1680 
8 20 
1750 
0 0 
Do. Cape Palmiras, 
1722 
3 33 
1614 
15 0 
Calicut, - 
1722 
4 5 
1706 
6 20 
Canton^ - | 
1772 
1690 
1722 
4 9 
2 25 
1 30 
Cochin, India, 
1722 
1722 
1724 
3 34 
3 53 
3 26 
’ f 
1722 
5 40 
1724 
4 16 
Carwar Bay, J 
1722 
5 4 
Daman, India, 
1612 
16 30 
India, J 
1723 
1724 
5 8 
5 32 
Dabul, India, | 
1610 
1611 
15 34 
16 30 
