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and it is very much to be desired that as soon as possible a series of ob¬ 
servations having the secular change in view should be undertaken in 
the United States and along the eastern coast of Asia, since the direction 
of the motion of the pole appears to be such that stations thus located 
will be subject to larger variations of latitude than those in any other 
longitudes. 
