Read July 8, 1813.

Mean Obliquity

28 0 49,0 66 32 10,5

23 27 49,5|

* Mean Obliquity at Summer Solstice, 1812 23 27 50,5

Mean of Two Observations or Mean Obliquity, Jan. 1, 1813

23 27 50,0

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