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VII.

The computations for the test of the uncorrected formula (the first hypothesis) are as follows:

Number of arc. Logarithm.
0.4282377
0.4132937
0.4061399
.01174865 8.0699879
.11980944 9.0784911
.01137670 8.0560162
.14293479 9.1551380
1.3308476 0.1241283
2.2796616 0.3578704
1.3417404 0.1276685
2.4761248 0.3937725
1.1452772 0.0589106
0.1964632 9.2932812
1.1343844 0.0547602
9.5065898
0.4391732
15° 48' 10''.82 9.4518296
15° 39' 36''.38 9.4476792
31° 27' 47''.20 9.7866915
8.7099387
8.7872701
–39° 55' 32''.32 9.9226686
8.9025438
9.9652259
0.4419546
–35° 41' 39''.75 9.8563809
–19° 53' 28''.93 9.5384981
–4° 13' 52''.55 8.8691380
–33° 33' 0''.17 9.8216068
–18° 28' 6''.35 9.5237240
–3° 54' 24''.21 8.8343639
–67° 6' 0''.34 9.9643473
–36° 56' 12''.70 9.7788272
–7° 48' 48''.42 9.1333734
.3387061 9.5298230
.2209545 9.3343029
.0499681 8.6988491
2.4226307 0.3842872
2.3391145 0.3690515
2.3048791 0.3626482
2.1681461 0.3360885