<hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u"><placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0007693 https://www.geonames.org/3644768">Cumaná</placeName></hi>. Quoique beaucoup de <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>haut.</abbr> <expan>hauteurs</expan> </choice> simples et le Calcul de l’angle <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>hor.</abbr> <expan>horaire</expan> </choice> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />donnent quelques <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>sec.</abbr> <expan>secondes</expan> </choice> de plus<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> je fixe<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> en préférant les bonnes <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>Obs.</abbr> <expan>Observations</expan> </choice> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />aux médiocres, la différence des <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>Mérid.</abbr> <expan>Méridien</expan> </choice> de <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0007693 https://www.geonames.org/3644768">Cumaná</placeName> et de <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="left" hand="#unknown" type="auxCalc"><gap reason="illegible" unit="chars" quantity="6" /> 1<unclear reason="illegible" cert="high">7</unclear> 4</note><placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0008564 https://www.geonames.org/3117735">Madrid</placeName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="preserve" />4<hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#sup"><choice> <abbr>h</abbr> <expan>heures</expan> </choice></hi> 1′ 56″ = 60° 29′<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> donc supposé que <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0008564 https://www.geonames.org/3117735">Madrid</placeName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />est à 24′ 8″ à l’<choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>oc.</abbr> <expan>occident</expan> </choice> de <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0008129 https://www.geonames.org/2988507">Paris</placeName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="preserve" /><choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>long.</abbr> <expan>longitude</expan> </choice> à l’ouest de <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0008129 https://www.geonames.org/2988507">Paris</placeName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="preserve" />4<hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#sup"><choice> <abbr>h</abbr> <expan>heures</expan> </choice></hi> 26′ 4″ = 66° 31′.<note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="left" hand="#author"><ref xml:id="eff989ca-47a9-45ae-b989-ca47a9f5ae28" corresp="#db8dcef4-344b-4a98-8dce-f4344b6a986f" type="editorialNote"><choice> <abbr>v.</abbr> <expan>voyez</expan> </choice> <ref target="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0016412/start_hsd_fwv_w4b"><choice> <abbr>p.</abbr> <expan>page</expan> </choice> 187</ref></ref><note xml:id="db8dcef4-344b-4a98-8dce-f4344b6a986f" corresp="#eff989ca-47a9-45ae-b989-ca47a9f5ae28" type="editorial" resp="#CG">Vgl. Bl. 90r.</note>. <lb /><choice> <abbr>long.</abbr> <expan>longitude</expan> </choice> plus proba<lb break="no" />blement 4<hi rendition="#sup"><choice> <abbr>h</abbr> <expan>heures</expan> </choice> </hi>25′ 20″ <lb />ou 66° 20′ 00″</note><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="preserve" />Latitude: 10° 27′ 37″