Excerpt from Magnetical Observations Made at the Honorable East India Company's Observatory at Madras Under the Superintendence of W. S. Jacob, Esq., F. R. A. S., Astronomer to the Honorable Company, in the Years 1851 1855 No trace of this instrument remaining in the Observatory or in the recollection of any one now on the establishment, all that can be said concerning it is, that its readings have only been retained on Term Days and on the occasions of Disturbance Observations. The following brief description of it was given by Captain W. S. Jacob in the Introduction to the former volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.