522 ASTRONOMICAL PROBLEMS. 
seconds in the N. P. D. and hence in the R.A. Logarithm tables to 9 
or 10 places would be desirable for working out such a problem. 
My own calculations came out as follows, as compared with the 
records in the Nautical Almanack for 1st January 1895: 
TR, Jae Decl. 
Naut. Alm. 195 28™ 55-4 88° 59’ 39”°3 
Own 19h 28™ 48-104 88° 59’ 40”. 
Diff. Ob O™ 08-296 O Y 18) 
