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Station. Star. Latitude
by Capt. Sabine.
Latitude
corrected for error
of level.
Difference
° °
Sierra Leone Sirius 08 29 27.9 08 29 34.7 06.8
Ascension α Centauri 07 55 46.7 07 55 40.1 06.6
Bahia α Lyræ 12 59 19.4 12 59 21.4 02.0
α Lyræ 21.2 58 49.8 31.4
α Pavonis 22.4 59 05.1 17.3
Maranham α Lyræ 02 31 42.4 02 31 22.0 20.4
α Lyræ 43.8 31.8 12.0
α Pavonis 44.5 44.0 00.5
α Lyræ 44.6 42.6 02.0
α Cygni 42.1 39.2 02.9
α Gruris 42.2 27.4 14.8
Trinidad Achernar 10 38 56.1 10 38 58.2 02.1
α Gruris 52.2 50.8 01.4
Achernar 59.3 56.6 02.7
Jamaica Polaris 17 56 08.6 17 56 04.6 04.0
06.6 03.3 03.3
New-York Sun 40 42 40.1 40 42 44.6 04.5
Polaris 48.9 38.2 10.7
Sun 41.4 47.2 05.8
βUrsæ Minr 42.3 58.4 16.1
Hammerfest Sun 70 40 05.3 70 40 07.2 01.9
Spitzbergen Sun 79 49 56.1 79 49 58.6 02.5
Sun 55.9 44.8 11.1
Sun 58.6 52.7 05.9
Sun 59.3 51.6 07.7
Sun 55.8 51.6 04.2
Sun 50 01.5 57.0 04.5
Greenland Sun 74 32 19.9 74 32 32.4 12.4
Sun 17.9 18.7 00.8
Drontheim Sun 63 25 51.3 63 26 06.1 14.8
αUrsæ Minr 57.2 25 49.4 07.8