Letter from John Playfair to Messrs. Constable in Edinburgh

The letter concerns observations of the latitude and longitude of Edinburgh College.

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Be so good as inform[?] Mr
Chalmers that I have never [illegible]
an observatory on the [illegible]
Hill [illegible] Astronomical ob-
servations [?] were made. That
it is merely nominal [underlined] ober-
vatory unprovided with in-
struments or observers.

The Lat & Long. of Edin
[2 words illegible] pretty exactly
[illegible] from observations
made at Hawkhill, where
the late [name illegible] had
an observatory with very
good instruments. From these
the position of the College is

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deduced.

Edin College Lat 55 [degree symbol] 57 [single quote mark] 10 [double quote mark]
Long. 3. 12. 50 W.

The Long. [illegible] from Greenwich.
These are not given as perfectly
accurate but are rather a small
matter (perhaps [percentage symbol] of a minute [?] or
15 [double quote mark] of the path [?].

John Playfair

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Edin. Lat. & Longit.
Prof. Playfair

Messers. Constable & Co
Edin.
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