Alph.Lyrae 12 59 19.4 12 59 21.4 2.0
Alph.Lyrae 21.2 58 49.8 31.4
Alph.Pavonis 22.4 59 5.1 17.3
Maranham Alph.Lyrae 2 31 42.4 2 31 22 20.4
Alph.Lyrae 43.8 31.8 12.0
Alph.Pavonis 44.5 44 .5
Alph.Lyrae 44.6 42.6 2.0
Alph.Cygni 42.1 39.2 2.9
Alph.Gruris 42.2 27.4 14.8
Trinidad Achernar 10 38 56.1 10 38 58.2 2.1
Alph.Gruris 52.2 50.8 1.4
Achernar 59.3 56.6 2.7
Jamaica Polaris 17 56 8.6 17 56 4.6 4.0
6.6 3.3 3.3
New York Sun 40 42 40.1 40 42 44.6 4.5
Polaris 48.9 38.2 10.7
Sun 41.4 47.2 5.8
Beta Urs.Min. 42.3 58.4 16.1
Hammerfest Sun 70 40 5.3 70 40 7.2 1.9
Spitzbergen Sun 79 49 56.1 79 49 58.6 2.5
Sun 55.9 44.8 11.1
Sun 58.6 52.7 5.9
Sun 59.3 51.6 7.7
Sun 55.8 51.6 4.2
Sun 50 1.5 57.0 4.5
Greenland Sun 74 32 19.9 74 32 32.4 12.4
Sun 17.9 18.7 0.8
Drontheim Sun 63 25 51.3 63 26 6.1 14.8
Alph.Urs.Min. 57.2 49.4 7.8
This presents a very different view of the latitudes as determined by
the small repeating circle, from that in Captain Sabine's book; and
confining ourselves still to Maranham, where the latitudes "WERE
OBTAINED, WITH ESPECIAL REGARD TO EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE BY WHICH THEIR
ACCURACY MIGHT BE AFFECTED," and where "A MORE THAN USUAL ATTENTION
WAS BESTOWED," it appears, that if we take Captain Sabine's own test,
namely, "the differences of the partial results from the mean at each
stati
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