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But perhaps I am unjust Captain Kater's knowledge

rendered it impossible for him to have been ignorant of the

difficulties, and his candour would have prevented him from

concealing them: he must, therefore, after examining the

subject, have been outvoted by his lay-brethren who had dispensed

with that preliminary



It would be unjust, before quitting this subject, not to mention

with respect the acknowledgment made by an officer of the naval

service of the errors into which he also fell from this same

level Lieutenant Foster, aware of the many occasions on which

Captain Sabine had employed this instrument, and knowing that he

considered each division as equal to one second, never thought

that a doubt could exist on the subject, and made all his

calculations accordinglyWhen Captain Kater made him acquainted

with the mistake, Lieutenant Foster immediately communicated a

paper [The paper of Lieutenant Foster is printed in the

Philosophical Transactions, 1827, p22, and is worth

consulting to the Royal Society, in which he states the

circumstance most fully, and recomputed all the observations in

which that instrument was used Unfortunately, from the original

observations of MrRoss being left on board the Fury at the time

of her loss, the transcripts of his results could not be

recomputed like the rest, and were consequently useless



OF THE UNION OF SEVERAL OFFICES IN ONE PERSON



Although the number of situations to which persons conversant

with science may hope to be appointed, is small, yet it has

somewhat singularly happened, that instances of one individual,

holding more than one such appointment, are frequent Not to

speak of those held by the late DrYoung, we have at present:--



MRPOND--Astronomer Royal, Inspector of Chronometers, and

Superintendent of the Nautical Almanac



CAPTAIN SABINE -- An officer of artillery on leave of absence

from his regiment; Secretary of the Royal Society; and Scientific

Adviser of the AdmiraltyBRANDE--Clerk of the Irons at the Royal Mint; Professor of

Chemistry at the Royal Institution; Analyser of Rough Nitre,

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