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A method of finding the Altitude and Longitude of the nonagesimal Degree of the Ecliptic: with an Appendix, containing calculations from corresponding Astronomical Observations, for determining the difference of Meridians between Harvard-Hall, in the University of Cambridge, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the Royal Observatories at Greenwich and Paris. In a Letter from the Rev. Joseph Willard, President of the University, and Corresponding Secretary of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, to the Hon. James Bowdoin, LLD., President of the Academy. 1 2. A Memoir on the Latitude of the University at Cambridge: with observations of the Variation and Dip of the Magnetic Needle, by Samuel Williams, F. A. A. Holles Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in the University 62 3. A Table of the Equations to equal Altitudes, for the Latitude of the University of Cambridge, 42° 23′ 28′′ N., with an account of its Construction and Use, by the Rev. 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