Where is Buffalo the Determination of Its Latitude And Longitude in 1861
Where is Buffalo the Determination of Its Latitude And Longitude in 1861
C H F Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters
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Wiih IFVANDUZEK'S Astronomical Observatory DIAGRAM ACCOMPANYING PROFESSOR PETERS' REPORT 340 WHESE IS BUFFALO. intermediate points, vis. , the steeple of Westminster Church and a station on the Reservoirl, that is, by no more than two triangles, the lighthouse might be reached. A base-line of exactly 1, 700 feet was measured near the observatory; and the azimut of Westminster- steeple from the observatory was determined by means of the sun, a small theodolite serving both for this determination... and for meas- uring the triangles. This instrument, however, could not be placed in Westminster steeple; and the third angles at this point, therefore, have been supplied from the triangles. The latitude was determined on the nights of the 27th and 29th August; a temporary brick -pier, and a small wooden building with an opening in the prime vertical for placing there the Hamilton College Transit having been erected in Dr. Van Duzee's garden, 24r feet north and 73 feet east from the center of the dome of the observatory.
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