THERMOMETRICAL OBSERVATIONS. 221 



Longitude deduced from the eclipfes of V- 's fatellites obferved al Thorn- 



fon's Creek. 



Sept. loth 



17th. 

 24th. 



2 5th. 



{ 

 { 



Immerfion of the 2d fatellite 



{ 



do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 



do. 



ift 



2d 

 ift 

 2d 



ift 

 ift 



do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 



6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 



oa. 19th. 



Emerfon 



r Immerjian 



\ do. 



3d do. \^l^^\^\ 6 



do. 6 

 6 



do 

 ift 



do. 

 do. 



2d do. 



4 

 5 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 4 

 4 



3 



6 



4 

 4 



14 

 8 



58 

 45 

 50 

 37 



4J 



48 

 49 

 52 J 



Longitude 

 weft from 

 Greenwich, 



At the end of the 21 ft mile hi the line, the land be- 

 came of a more inferior quality, from which we conclud- 

 ed to purfue a lefs fcientific but a more expeditious me- 

 thod, until the goodnefs of the foil would juftify a greater 

 degree of accuracy : Agreeably to this conclufion, we had 

 a line traced eaft with a furveying compafs, from the end 

 of the 2 ift mile, from high water mark on the Mif- 

 liffippi, to the eaft fide of Pearl or Half-way river, the 

 diftance being 85 miles and 1 94. perches, at the end of 

 which the following obfervations were made. 



Nov. 1 9th. Put up the clock and fet it to apparent time 

 nearly. 



20th. 



2 ift. 



22d. 



Equal altitudes of the Sun. 

 A. M. ph 22' 40". P. M. 2" 37' 30". 



Emerfion of the ift, fatellite of 1/ obferved at 9" 43' 30", 

 — Belts diftinct, magnifying power 120. 



Equal altitudes of the Sun. 

 A. M. 9" 33' 19". P. M. 2" 27' 6". 



Equal altitudes of the Sun. 

 A. M. 9" 38' 34». P. M. 2" 22' 9" 



Vol. V. 



Gg 



Obfervations 



