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Excerpt from Instruments and Publications of the United States Naval Observatory: Published by Authority of the Hon. Secretary of the Navy; Rear-Admiral C. H. Davis, Superintendent
The latitude deduced from observations made with the Mural Circle in 1845 and 1846 was, +380 53' and that value has been employed in the reduction of all observations made with the Mural Circle down to the present time.
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