HISTORY OF MAURITIUS. 
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" I have arranged the following detail of observations and calculations respect¬ 
ing the distances of the Tropics from the Zenith. 
Distances of the north¬ 
ern Extremity of the 
Sun from the Zenith. 
Distances of the 
Sun from the 
Tropic. 
Distances of the Zenith 
from the northern Ex¬ 
tremity of the Sun in 
the Tropic. 
“ 1 753*— J une 20 
43 
5 2 
34>6 
O 
13*4 
0 
43 
5 2 
48,0 
21 
43 
5 2 
46,1 
O 
0,0 
43 
5 2 
46,1 
22 
43 
5 2 
2 8,7 
O 
11,2 
43 
5 2 
39>9 
2 3 
43 
5 1 
55.6 
O 
4 7 > 6 
43 
5 2 
43 > 2 
24 
43 
5° 
57)5 
1 
48 ,6 
43 
5 2 
46,1 
2 5 
43 
49 
2 9>5 
3 
14,2 
43 
5 2 
43)7 
26 
43 
47 
3852 
5 
4,7 
43 
5 2 
4 2 >9 
Medium 
_ 
_ 
_ 
43 
5 2 
44>3 
Parallax of the Sun 
- 
- 
— 0 
0 
7 , 2 
Half diameter 
_ 
- 
- 
- 
— 0 
3 5 
48,2 
Refraction 
_ 
_ 
+ 
1 
2,4 
Nutation of the axis of the Earth 
- 
+ 
0 
7)5 
Distance of the Tropic of Cancer from the Zenith 
43 
37 
58,8 
1753-— ; Dec- 1 5 
2 
5 2 
48,3 
9 
14,1 
3 
2 
2,4 
16 
2 
55 
2 6,7 
6 
3 3 >5 
3 
1 
58,2 
1 7 
2 
57 
4i,7 
4 
16,8 
3 
1 
58,5 
3 9 
3 
0 
48,6 
1 
32 ,5 
3 
2 
1,1 
21 
3 
2 
1,0 
0 
- 1,0 
3 
2 
2,0 
22 
3 
1 
5 2 ?7 
0 
8,0 
3 
2 
0)7 
Medium 
_ 
_ 
_ 
3 
2 
0,5 
Parallax of the Sun 
_ 
_ 
- 
0 
0,5 
Half diameter 
_ 
_ 
- 
- 
+ 
16 
20,1 
Refraction 
- 
- 
_ 
+ 
Q 
2)3 
Nutation of the axis 
- 
- 
- 
-f 
O. 
8,3 
Distance of the Tropic of Capricorn from the Zenith - 
■ 3 
18 
30,7' 
Adding the distance of the Tropic of Cancer 
_ 
43 
37 
58,8 
The distance of the Tropic is 
- 
- 
46 
5 6 
29,6 
Obliquity of the Ecliptic 
- 
- 
- 
2 3 
28 
14,8 
The elevation of the Pole, 
therefore, is 
- 
20 
9 
44)i 
