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The following series of observations were made with the two instruments.[1]
Latitude deduced from Polaris, with a repeating circle, 16 inches diameter.—Base du Système Metrique, tom. iv. p. 376. 1807.
| Number of Observations. |
Latitude of Formentera. |
Names of Observers. | ||
| ° | ′ | ″ | ||
| 64 | 38 | 39 | 55.3 | Biot |
| 100 | 54.7 | Arago | ||
| 10 | 56.2 | Biot | ||
| 88 | 56.9 | Biot | ||
| 120 | 56.7 | Arago | ||
| 84 | 54.9 | Biot | ||
| 100 | 56.5 | Arago | ||
| 102 | 57.1 | Arago | ||
| 80 | 54.5 | Biot | ||
| 88 | 53.3 | Arago | ||
| 90 | 53.6 | Arago | ||
| 88 | 53.8 | Arago | ||
| 92 | 53.7 | Arago | ||
| 42 | 53.6 | Chaix | ||
| 90 | 54.1 | Chaix | ||
| 80 | 53.9 | Arago | ||
| Mean of 1318 Observations, 38° 39′ 54″.93. | ||||
- ↑ I have chosen the inferior meridian altitude of Polaris, merely because the number of sets of observations are rather
