 | 1819 - 452 pages
...particularly at the first. If this were partly the case, and both Dunnose and Arbury Hill were free from such prevailing cause, the total arc must be too great...answering to 2" on each degree. A deviation of 8" J from the true vertical is a large quantity, nor can the cause of it be assigned, unless it be supposed... | |
 | 1819 - 452 pages
...particularly at the first. If this were partly the case, and both Dunnose and Arbury Hill were free from such prevailing cause, the total arc must be too great if taken at 52° 50' 23",38, by about 8", nearly answering to 2" on each degree. A deviation of 8" J from the true... | |
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... consideration. I am, therefore, disposed to believe, that the plumb line was drawn towards the south from the action of matter, both at the north extremity of the arc and at Arbury Hillt, but more particularly at the first. If this were partly the... 