The rest remaining, let the difference of longitude be only 40°; then

Log. 2400´ (in 40°) 3.3802112

Constant log. -4.1015105

----------

-1.4817217

Log. sin. 35° -1.7585913

----------

S = -1.2403130

D (as before) = -1.4536500

----------

S - D (= log. tang. 31° 27´ ½) -1.7866630

Philosophical transactions, Vol. L. Part II. For the year 1758. Giving some account of the present undertakings, studies, and labours, of the ingenious, in many considerable parts of the world. · 第 27 / 119 题