Remarks on the Observations Made in the Late Voyage Towards the North Pole, for Determining the Acceleration of the Pendulum in Latitude 79050', in a Letter to the Hon. Constantine John Phipps |
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angle adjacent beft Bouguer Captain Phipps changing angle circle of declination cofine compariſon conclufion Cotes COTES's decrements demonftration different latitudes earth ellipticity equator equatorial diameter error fame fecond feem fembles fervation fhews fhould fide oppofite figure firſt fituation fix altitudes fmall fo nearly fquare ftates fun's altitude fun's declination fun's diameter fun's return fuppofe Gain by cold Gain by increaſe Gain of pendulum globe greateſt hath homogeneous fpheroid hour-angle hypothefis increaſe of latitude interval latitude 79 leſs lofs meaſures meridians miſtake moft muſt myſelf nearly equal NORTH POLE obfervation obſervation gives pendulum in latitude pendulum upon watch place of obſervation pofition polar force prefent proportion radius reaſon refult SAMUEL HORSLEY ſay ſeveral ſuppoſe tang tangent teleſcope theory theſe thirteenth theorem thoſe tions tranfits treatiſe triangle ZP Tt fin unchanging fide UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN vertical circle vertical wire yourſelf ZPS is changed