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ART. XXXV. Latitudes and Longitudes of such Places, in the Series of 1797 and 1798, as have been referred to the Meridians of Black Down, Butterton Hill, and St. Agnes Beacon.

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ART. XXXVI. Latitudes and Longitudes of such Places, in the

Series of 1799, as have been referred to the Meridians of Dunnose and Greenwich.

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In page 658, this is, by mistake, called Breadon Hill Summer House.

In page 659, this building is called Gazebo.

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ART. XXXVII. Latitudes and Longitudes of some remarkable Places, not contained in the preceding Tables.

St. Nicholas's or Drake's Island, in Plymouth Sound.

The bearing of Kit Hill, from the meridian of Butterton, is 67° 12′ 12′′, and the angle between it and the flagstaff on Drake's Island, 41° 40′ 8′′; therefore, the bearing of the latter from the meridian is 71° 7′ 40′′; consequently, its distance from the meridian is 60531 feet, and from the perpendicular 20692 feet, which respectively subtend 9′ 53′′6, and 3′ 24′′,5. These, with the latitude and longitude of Butterton, 50° 24′ 46′′,3 and 3° 52′ 47′′,5, give 50° 21' 21",1 for the latitude, and 4° 8' 17",9 for the longitude, of the flagstaff on Drake's Island.

The latitude and longitude of this spot was determined by Mr. BAYLEY, in the year 1792. The observations for the former were as follows:

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The longitude of Mr. BAYLEY'S station, found by the moon's transit, was 4° 18′ 52"; but the longitude deduced from the recent operations, is 4° 8'17",9; there is, therefore, a difference of 10' 34",1 between the two determinations.

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