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APPENDIX L.—ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS— Continued. 
Determination of latitude, = 16, aio —Double altitudes of 
Siri 
, in the’ wes 
Observations for the variation of. compass. 
Magnetic amplitude of the Sun’s centre at his setting, 17° 30 
south. 
Time. | Altitudes. , | 
Determination of time, March 10, 1854.— Equal altitudes of the 
h. m. 8. m. s Sun 's upper lim mb. 
8 25 49 70 26 30 
exe ae Pgs 70 01 40 | 
8 2 20 | 09 ime, a. m. " Altitudes. Time, p. m. 
8 30 97 24 90 Time, a. m itudes e, p 
8 E 97 69 10 20 
8 33 46 37 30 
m. m. h. s. 
i A Pots D. 5 m x 98 00 05 1 13 59 
8 36 2 E E uds 10 95 03 12 95 1 13 04 
Meer die. 10 95 47 98 99 45 1 12 17 
| 10 26 36 98 34 55 I 1 94 
; " 10 .97.. 99 98 47 05 i 10. 33 
Double altitudes of Arcturus, in the east. | 10 98 14 98 57 05 1 09 54 
| 10°29 99 08 25 t -08-55 
Tina: Ados | 10 .99. 53 99 18 05 1l 08 06 
| 
Res ee at & o  * | Thermometer 67? Fahrenheit. 
10 43 18 85 18 50 | 
10 44 oo” 85 1 
10 4 4 B 19 290 | Determination of time, Ned 11, 1854.— Equal altitudes of the 
10 .. 47 Ot 86 52 40 | un’s upper limb. 
10 47 59 87 16 30 
10 49 19 87 5l 20 n 
4 2 E 88 So 30 Time, a. m. Altitudes. Time, p. m. 
o : m. nó 
Patsniet- GRE? Eohsenbeit, 10 34 04 eee 1 00 52 
Determination of latitude: Double altituil 34 10 31 95 12 59 53 
d ap pn via PAR, 10 35 52 tol 43 45 12 58 51 
10 36 101 12 59 00 
10 37:48 109 Ee BS 12 57. 03 
Time Altitude. - 10 33 44 102 I8 2% iz <50 02 
I0 ^39: 45 109 29 35 195855 04 
10 40 43 102 41 05 12 54 08 
a E > 10 41 40 102 12 53 05 
11 14 02 76 43 50 10 49 43 103 03 45 12: 52 
Thermometer 524° Fahrenheit. 
No 
get m more observations upon 
was so near xs moon, it was impossible to 
Determination of time, M irch 9, 1854. aes altitudes of the 
Sun's upper lim 
Time, a. m. Altitudes. Time, p. m. 
AC m. domm & m. 
10 19 93 96 $28 36 1 16 44 
10 90 956 96 43 35 clouds. 
I0 9I 13 96 65 05 clouds 
JO 21 59 97 05 35 I. 14:07 
10 22 50 97 17 05 T.12 20 
10 23 49 97 98 ls HM 9 
J0 9f 31 7 41 15 CH 36 
10 95 n SN ie i I 10 40 
10 26 15 98 04 35 1 69 53 
Io 27 07 98 16 05 lost 
Thermometer 73° Fahrenheit. 
Determination of time, March 15, 1854.— Equal. altitudes of the 
Sun's upper limb. 
Time, a. m. 
10 35. 17 
Thermometer 77° Fahrenheit. 
Altitudes. Time, p. m. 
LOT MNT k: We o* 
100 24 40 1 15 58 
100 38 99 1 15 05 
100 50 10 HM HW 
100 59 10 1.13 33 
101 19 99 1 12 46 
101 22 40 1:12 ^51 
1001 34 50 H 13 
101 48 50 [:d0 n 
101 59 90 09 30 
102 12 20 | 08 35 
| | Thermometer 83° Fahrenheit. 
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