1 64 ASTRONOMICAL and 



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1706. The weather was fo intenfely cold, that 



although a pot of live coals was kept in the 

 tent near the clock, the thermometer which 

 was fixed to the cafe, fell to 4°, and the clock 

 flopped at J*" the next morning. 

 22d. Keen north wind; with fqualls of light fnow» 

 — Clear in the evening. — Thermometer 5" be- 

 low o at 8 o'clock A. M. — rofe to 1° above 

 c at 2" P. M.— fell 5° below o at 9- P. M. 

 — Both rivers on account of the vaft bodies 

 of ice, thrown up in a variety of pofiticns, 

 make a romantic, and to us (on account of our 

 boats) aa alarming appearance, 

 ajd. Clear day. Wind from the N. \V. Ther- 

 mometer 71" below o at 8" A. M. 6*" below 

 o at 10" A. M. 1° above o at noon, 8° at 

 2" P. M. and at 8" P. M. f. 

 24th. Clear day. Thermometer 7° at 9" A. M. 

 —17° at 1" P. M.— and 7^ at 8"- P. M. 



Traced a meridian by the circum-polar ftars. 



25th. Clear day. Thermometer 7° at fun rife, 

 rofe in the afternoon to 17". Applied the 

 magnetic needle to the meridian, and found 

 the variation to be 7" 15' eaft. 



Set up a fmall zenith fedtor of about 19 

 inches radius. Face to the eaft. 



26th. Cloudy in the afternoon. Thermometer 

 10" in the morning, rofe to 17°. 



Q's preceding limb on the meridian at . 11'' 59' 45" 

 Subfequent do. at . . . . 1229 



Centre at 12 o 57 



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