xiv Astronomical and Meteorological Records^ &fc. 



Longitiule of Franklin by observation, July 



16, (1st set) - - - - 



Do. do. July 16, (2d set.) 



Do. do. July 17 



Do. do. by a mean of the precedinji; observations 

 Magnetic dip at Charaton, Missouri, July 24 | 69 50 



Observations at our Camp on the Missouri. 



August 1st. By a series of barometrical observations made t© 

 ascertain the height of the river Bluffs, near our camp, on the Mis- 

 souri, it appears that their elevation above the bottom is 150 feet. 



Observations made at Fort Osage^ Missouri. 



Aug. 4, 1819. 

 Aug. 5, 1819. 



Aug. 9, 1819. 



Magnetic dip by several experi- 

 ments 



Meridian double altitude of 

 sun's lower limb 



Latitude deduced 



Meridian double altitude of 

 sun's lower limb 



Latitude deduced 



Latitude of Fort Osage by a mean of the pre- 

 ceding observations . - - - 



69' 18' 



39 09 334 N. 



Observations made at Isle Jiux Vaches, (Cow Island, J Missouri 



river. 

 Meridian double altitude of 

 sun's lower limb 



Aug. 19, 1819. 



Latitude deduced 



126° 29' 



39° 24' 47" N. 



