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GEELMUYDEN. ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS. [NORW. POL. EXP. 



l ) The watch in this case was the sidereal chronometer Frodsham, whose correction to Hw, 

 without regard to the hours which are here altered, was + 50 48 S .5 and + 50m 46s.9 resp. for 

 the times of the two circle-readings. The observation was taken on an ice-floe aground off the 

 coast of Yalmal. m was a mark on the shore. Levelling of the instrument (the magnetic theo- 

 dolite) designated as unsatisfactory. 2 ) Magn. Th. on the ice 115 paces from the ship. Hoar- 

 frost. W 12t> 45m Hw- W = + 2m 488.6, W 19t 3m Hw-W = + 2m 48s.9. 8 ) Foggy, m indistinct. 

 4) W 141' 28m Hw-W = + Om 359.4, W 16h 44m Hw-W = + Om 368.5. 



