# The Latitude of Madrass in the East Indies, Deduced from Observations Made by William Stephens, Chief Engineer. Communicated by John Call, Esq. F. R. S.

**Author(s):** John Call, William Stephens  
**Year:** 1779  
**Journal:** Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London  
**Volume:** 69  
**Pages:** 2 pages  
**Identifier:** jstor-106417  
**JSTOR URL:** <https://www.jstor.org/stable/106417>  

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XVII. The Latitude of Madras in the East Indies, deduced from Observations made by William Stephens, Chief Engineer. Communicated by John Call, Esq. F. R. S.

Read February 11, 1778.

| Time          | What objects                  | Latitudes of Madras, |
|---------------|-------------------------------|----------------------|
|               |                               | from Southern Z. dist.| from Northern Z. dist.|
| 1776, Oct.    | Sun                           | 13 3 58              |                      |
|               | Sun                           | 13 4 20              |                      |
|               | Sun                           | 13 4 16              |                      |
|               | Sun                           | 13 3 56              |                      |
| Nov. 1        | β Cassiopea                   |                      | 13 5 42              |
|               | α Cassiopea                   |                      | 13 5 58              |
|               | γ Cassiopea                   |                      | 13 5 44              |
|               | δ Cassiopea                   |                      | 13 5 39              |
|               | δ Capricorn                   | 13 4 29              |                      |
|               | Fomalhaut                     | 13 4 29              |                      |
|               | β Ceti                        | 13 3 55              |                      |
|               | Moon, this rejected in medium |                      | 13 6 58              |
|               | Sun, very good                | 13 4 9               |                      |
|               | η Lacerta                     |                      | 13 5 25              |
|               | λ Andromeda (called λ)        |                      | 13 5 25              |
|               | β Cassiopea                   |                      | 13 5 42              |
|               | α Cassiopea                   |                      | 13 15 9              |
|               |                               | 13 4 11              | 13 5 37              |

Mean latitude 13° 4' 54" North.

The above observations were taken with an astronomical brass quadrant on the top of the house usually inhabited by the chief engineer.