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astronomical determinations oe latitudes and longitudes.
No. 38. Mahabaleshvar, in the Dekhan.
Latitude North. Longitude East Green. Height.
17° 55' 25" 73° 38' 42" 4,396 feet.
Though an important sanitarium during the dry part of the year, this station
is scarcely habitable during the rains.
Magnetic Observations: 1854, December. Observer: Adolphe.
No. 39. Kaladghi, in the Dekhan.
Latitude North. Longitude East Green. Height.
16° 12' 55" 75° 29' 55" 1,720 feet.
This was formerly a large military station, in the district of Belgaum. Having
been given up, the cantonments are rapidly falling to ruin, like many other military
stations now deserted in Southern India.
Observer: Adolphe.
Meridian.
Deduced from the passage of Sirius, 1855, January 19, late in the night 220° 10'-7
No. 40. Bellari, in Maissur.
Latitude North. Longitude East Green. Height.
15° 8' 57" 76° 53' 45" 1,580 feet.
The principal place of Maissur, with a large cantonment and .hill-fort.
Observer: Adolphe.
Meridian.
Deduced from low Altitudes of the Sun ................ 26° 19'-0
No. 41. Utakamand, in the Nilgiris.
Latitude North. Longitude East Green. Height.
11° 23' 40" 76° 43' 10" 7,278 feet.
Latitude and Longitude are referred to Major Jacob's former Observatory; my (Adolphe's) tent
was considerably to the north of it.
For Southern India this is the most important sanitarium, and is situated on one
of the higher parts of the Nilgiris. .
Observations: 1856, March 14.
Instruments: Theodolite 3, Troughton; Chron. 1; Barom. 6, Adie. Observer: Adolphe.
astronomical determinations oe latitudes and longitudes.
No. 38. Mahabaleshvar, in the Dekhan.
Latitude North. Longitude East Green. Height.
17° 55' 25" 73° 38' 42" 4,396 feet.
Though an important sanitarium during the dry part of the year, this station
is scarcely habitable during the rains.
Magnetic Observations: 1854, December. Observer: Adolphe.
No. 39. Kaladghi, in the Dekhan.
Latitude North. Longitude East Green. Height.
16° 12' 55" 75° 29' 55" 1,720 feet.
This was formerly a large military station, in the district of Belgaum. Having
been given up, the cantonments are rapidly falling to ruin, like many other military
stations now deserted in Southern India.
Observer: Adolphe.
Meridian.
Deduced from the passage of Sirius, 1855, January 19, late in the night 220° 10'-7
No. 40. Bellari, in Maissur.
Latitude North. Longitude East Green. Height.
15° 8' 57" 76° 53' 45" 1,580 feet.
The principal place of Maissur, with a large cantonment and .hill-fort.
Observer: Adolphe.
Meridian.
Deduced from low Altitudes of the Sun ................ 26° 19'-0
No. 41. Utakamand, in the Nilgiris.
Latitude North. Longitude East Green. Height.
11° 23' 40" 76° 43' 10" 7,278 feet.
Latitude and Longitude are referred to Major Jacob's former Observatory; my (Adolphe's) tent
was considerably to the north of it.
For Southern India this is the most important sanitarium, and is situated on one
of the higher parts of the Nilgiris. .
Observations: 1856, March 14.
Instruments: Theodolite 3, Troughton; Chron. 1; Barom. 6, Adie. Observer: Adolphe.