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AGRICULTURAL SURVEY OF

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CHAPTER’H

GEOGRAPHICAL STATE AND CIRCUMSTANCES,

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SECT. 1.—Ovintion‘and Extent.

Byer alee ae is an inland county, situate near the centre of the kingdom. It is bounded, on the north, by Cheshire and Derbyshire; on the east, by Leicestershire; on the south, by Warwickshire and Worcestershire; and on the west, by Shropshire. It lies, according to Yates, be- tween 52° 23’ and 53° 13’ north latitude, and between 1° 29' and 2° 27' west longitude from London; this place(Pende- ford) being in this Survey placed in latitude 52° 372’ north, and longitude 2° 4’ west. I found myself, by a pretty accu- rate observation, made December 20, 1790, being the shortest day, and very fine, about noon, the latitude of Pendeford to be 52° 354’, which varies from the above account only two minutes. The following are the particulars of this observa- tion:

°‘ Sun’s meridian latitude to upper limb, 14, 15 Deduct sun’s semidiameter, o 16 Deduct for refraction, o 3t Deduct oO 194 Remains meridian altitude of sun’s centre,” 13 554 Add sun’s declination, 23/29 Sum, complement of latitude, 37 244 Consequently latitude of Pendeford, 52 352

Sun’s central altitude same day at r1and1 o’clock,