310 ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS, ETC. 



XVI. September 18, 1838. Goebel's residence, near Newport, Franklin 



Countj, Missouri. 



Latitude 38° 33' 58". Longitude G^ 4"° 28' .6 



A partial eclipse of the sun, observed by Mr. D. W. Goebel. 



Beginning of the eclipse I'' 53"° 16'.77 ? ,, 



^ ° ^ ^ ^ y Mean time. 



End, " " 4 40 42 .22 3 



The magnifying power of Mr. Goebel's telescope was about forty. 



XVII. July 6, 1839. At Mr. Nicollet's encampment, on the Coteau du 

 Missouri, Yanktonan Indian country. 



Latitude 44° 51' 11". Longitude 6^ 36"° 18' 

 An Immersion yj. Tauri, at 15*' 49'°35^5, mean time, observed by Mr. Nicollet. 



XVIII. November 20, 1839. City of St. Louis, Missouri, at the Garden of 



the Cathedral. 



Latitude 38° 37' 28". Longitude &" 1"" 0= .7 



Immersion yj. Tauri at 6^ 12™ 14'. 7, P. M., mean time, observed by Mr. Nicollet. 



XIX. June 5, 1841. At Goebel's Residence, near Newport, Franklin 



County, Missouri. 



Latitude 38° 33' 58". Longitude 6'' 4'» 28^ .6 



Immersion a. Sagittarii at IS*" 40™ 7' .94, mean time, observed by Mr. D. 



W. Goebel. 



XX. June 26, 1842. Fort Charlotte, old American trading house, north- 

 west shore of Lake Superior, at the west end of the Grand Portage. 



Latitude 47° 58' 34". Longitude 89° 59' 31". 



A partial eclipse of the sun. 



Beginning of the eclipse ei' 7" 1= -0? ^ean time. 

 End, " " 7 13 19 .2 J 



Observation made by James Ferguson, then the astronomer to the Ame- 

 rican commission for determining the northern boundary ; now one of the 

 distinguished assistants of the United States coast survey, under the superin- 

 tendence of Mr. Hassler. 



The telescope used by Mr. Ferguson was of two and a half feet focal length, 



and the magnifying power of about sixty. 



J. N. Nicollet. 



