An account of the trigonometrical operation, wherby the distance between the meridians of the observatories of Greenwich and Paris has been determined / By William Roy.

  • Roy, William, 1726-1790.
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[1790]
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Credit: An account of the trigonometrical operation, wherby the distance between the meridians of the observatories of Greenwich and Paris has been determined / By William Roy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [To face page 124-] Table containing the General Results of the Trigonometrical Operation- Stations. Diftances in Feet. Bearing or Angle with the Meridian. Direft Dift. from Greenwich. Latitude. — . A Longitude. —1 Vertical Heights. from the Merid. of Greenwich. from the Perp. to the Merid. in Degrees, &c. in Time. Ground above the Sea. f eet. Telefcope above Ground. Total. f Weft from 1 Greenwich i - ' Eaft from j Greenwich. Greenwich R. Ob. Tranfit Room Norwood - ’ Hundred Acres - Hanger Hill Tower Hampton Poor-houfe - King’s Arbour - - St. Ann’s Hill - * * Wardrobe Tower of Windfor Caftle - - Rotley Hill - - _ Severndroog Caftle on Shooter’s Hill Frant - - - Wrotham Hill - - - - Goudhurft - - Fairlight Down - - - Hollingborn Hill - - Tenterden - - Ruckinge - - Lydd - - Allington Knoll - - High Nook near Dymchurch - Padlefworth - - Swingfield - - Folkftone Turnpike - Dover Caftle, north Turret of the Keep Montlambert near Boulogne - Blancnez - r - N. D. at Calais - - - - Point M near Dunkirk, Merid. R. Ob. Paris [_ Dunkirk - - - • • • • i93°6.S4 43333-9 67740.69 83086.16 102264.55 119404.04 I3705°-54 24603.86 1 5°937-9 16729.21 18537.98 1037.69 28852.77 2562.72 am O / 1/ 38. 7.16 40.23.18.5 76. 7.40.2 77.25.20.3 89.25. 7.7 76.24.55.7 88.55.43.5 SW SW NW SW NW SW NW Feet. 31274.4S 66876.73 69775.8 85129.1 102269.8 122840.6 I37°74-5 O / // 51.24.37.34 51.20.17.3 51.31.24.16 51.25-35-2 51.28.47.16 51.23.51.4 51:28.59.7 O / It 0. 5. 2.4 0.11.19.5 0.17.46.5 0.21.45.3 0.26.48-5 0.31.14.7 0-35-55-8 m. s. th. 0.20. 9.6 0.45.18. x.ii. 6. 1.27. 1.2 147-14- 2. 4.58.8 2.23.43.2 . 170.5 380.3 433-8 213. 63-5 94.8 321-3 F eet. 43-5 9.2 9.2 38- 37-5 37-5 20.7 r eet. 214 389-5 443 251 101 132-3 342 171.6 14032.3 62342.5 71850.3 106342.5 143308.1 151078.1 158317.6 204801.6 209339-3 219926.3 228246.4 261707.6 273722.7 274967-3 303766.8 382889.6 394891.7 427456.6 538048.2 547058.1 72882.5 4069.8 138460.4 593°5-8 132592. 218611.6 77077.6 148567. 149410.3 190695-6 144032.3 165672.9 130836.4 118730.9 137214-2 124319.1 273450-3 *97153-5 184263.3 154938-2 152549-1 0. 8. 5.6 73-49-34 24.14.23.6 50.27.48.5 38 43.50.1 33.14.46.8 62.58.12.2 46.49.11.4 53- 53-16-3 47.40.6 56.46.43.5 54- i;33-4 j 63.26.16.8 66.33.2 63.28.47.6 67-44-34 54.27.59.4 63.28.8 66.40.50.2 73-56. 7-2 74.25. 7-2 SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 72882.7 14610.58 151848.2 93i64-6 169968.8 261396.7 169604.1 217109.7 253509 6 283174.5 262893.3 282035.3 292590.2 298364.1 307302.3 328222 470509-8 441371.7 465480.5 559912.8 567929.4 51.16.41.54 51.27.59-8 5i- 5-53-9 51.18.53.86 51. 6.49.62 50.52.38.84 5I-I5-53-5 51. 4. 8.15 S'- 3-54-9 'S0.57- 7-4 51. 4.46.1 51. 1.11.7 51. 6.50.36 51. 8.47.8 51- 5-45-3 51- 7-47-7 50.43. 2,3 50- 55-3i-3 50.57.30.67 51- 1-48-3 Si- 2. 9-3 0. 0, 2.7 0. 3 40-65 0.16.12.5 0.19.12.3 0.27.39.45 0.37. 5- 0.39.25.2 0.41. 8.15 0.52.12.6 0.54154 0.57. 9.4 0. 59-!4-6 1. 8. 9- 1.11.14-6 1.11.29-3 1.19. 2.1 1.38.45- 1.42 17.9 1.50.48.8 2.19.42-5 2.22. 4. 0. 0.10.8 0. 14.42.6 1. 4.50. 1.16.49.2 r.50.37.8 2.28.20. 2.37.40.8 2.44.32.6 3-32,5°-4 3-37- i-6 3.48.37.6 3.56.58.4 4.22.26. 4.44.584 445-57-2 5.16. 8.4 6-35- o- 6.49.11.6 7.23.15.8 9.18.50. 9.28.16. 859-3 417.8 604.1 761.8 437-9 539-5 611 220.6 3r-9 31*? 323-S 22.1 621.3 47 3-1 569 8 373-9 639-5 444-5 140-5 20.7 64.2 54-9 9.2 59-1 . 5-5 5-5 101.7 5-5 98.7 5-5 5-5 20.7 56-9 5-5 95.1 880 482 659 771 497 599 616.5 322.3 374 130.4 329 27.6 642 530 575-3 469