i86 ASTRONOMICAL and 



1 2th. Thermometer 6i° at fun rife, rofe to 78'*. 



Equal altitudts of the Sim. 

 A. M. 9" l' 43". P. M. s^ 22' 28". 



13th. Thermometer 64° at fun rife, rofe to 8o*. 



— Cloudy with a little rain. 

 14th. Thermometer 61" at fun rife, rofe to 81°. 

 15th. Thermometer 55° at fun rife, fell to 50°. 



— Some rain. 

 1 6th. Thermometer 40° at fun rife, rofe to 55'. 



—Cloudy in the forenoon. 



Immerfwn of the 3d fatellite of 1^ obferved at 6'' 5 i ' 32". 

 — Belts middling well defined, magnifying power 120. 



17th. Thermometer 30° at fun rife, rofe to 49". 



— Cloudy with a heavy rain at night. 

 1 8th. Thermometer 50" at fun rife, rofe to 56°. 



—Cloudy. 

 19th. Thermometer 42" at fun rife, rofe to 55°. 



— Cloudy. 

 20th. Thermometer 40° at fun rife, rofe to 54°. 



— Cloudy part of the day. 

 2lfl:. Thermometer 41" at fun rife, rofe to 66". 



Equal altitudes of the Sun . 

 A. M. 9" 39' 19". P. M. 2" 43' 4". 



End of the obfervations at the Town of Natchez. 



1797. Tlie rate of the clock's going, at the town or vilLige of Natchez. 



I II 



i-M T n .-..••,, Daily lofs. 



Ciock too flow mean time Marcli ?d. . .12 ^2.4 



I > 1 ■' ^ . . I i.o 



do. .... 8th. . • 13 266 • • ;°^ 



^° '4th. , 14 33.6 ■ • ^ ^ 



do iSth. . . 15 45.3 • _• ^'^^ 



do. .... 20th. . 16 18.0 ' ■ '•' 



* The alteration in the going of the clock after the 14th muft have been 

 occaficned by the tent being blown againft it, as mentioned on the 15th. 



Stopped 



