...meridian at Spitsbergen. " I may, perhaps," said the President, " be permitted to allude for a moment B b to the peculiar interest with which I must naturally...be sensible of how little I could have anticipated the opportunity, at this distance of time, of congratulating the Swedish Government and Academy upon...

...naturally regard the proposed undertaking. The measurement of an arc of the meridian at Spitzbergen ig an enterprise which, nearly forty years ago, was a...opportunity, at this distance of time, and from this honorable chair, of congratulating the Swedish Government and Academy upon their undertaking, and of...

...justify the expectation that the result of the second year's exploration will be no less favorable. Should such be the case, it is anticipated that the...opportunity, at this distance of time, and from this honorable chair, of congratulating the Swedish Government and Academy upon their undertaking, and of...

...necessary steps will be taken for carrying into execution the measurement of the arc itself. I ma}-, perhaps, be permitted to allude for a moment to the...opportunity, at this distance of time, and from this honorable chair, of congratulating the Swedish Government and Academy upon their undertaking, and of...

...following passage, which we give in General Sabine's own words. "I may perhaps be permitted," he remarks, " to allude for a moment to the peculiar interest with...under what I regard as yet more promising auspices : — while I cannot but be sensible of how little I could have anticipated that I should have had...

...learned General had urged forty years ago upon the attention of the British public, and which, he says, " I had planned the means of executing, and which I...desired to be permitted to carry out personally." General Sabine's original interesting paper upon the measurement of this arc was addressed to Mr. Gilbert,...

...learned General had urged forty years ago upon the attention of the British public, and which, he says, "I had planned the means of executing, and which I...desired to be permitted to carry out personally." General Sabine's original interesting paper upon the measurement of this arc was addressed to Mr. Gilbert,...

...learned General had urged forty years ago upon the attention of the British public, and which, he says, " I had planned the means of executing, and which I...desired to be permitted to carry out personally." General Sabine's original interesting paper upon the measurement of this arc was addressed to Mr. Gilbert,...

...naturally regard the proposed undertaking. The measurement of an arc of the meridian at Spitsbergen is an enterprise which, nearly forty years ago, was...yet more promising auspices ; whilst I cannot but he sensible of how little I could have anticipated the opportunity, at this distance of time, of congratulating...