Lunar Observations .] 
APPENDIX. 
503 
TABLE III. continued. 
Longitude of Sweers’ Island, Gulpli of Carpentaria. 
Appt.. Greenwih 
time of 
observations. 
1 
Place. 
1802 Nov. 
h / 1 
Under sail 
15 at 9 30 j 
in the 
Gulph. 
"At anchor 
under 
Sweers’ I. 
16 at 12 30< 
Longitude E. 
from 
Naut. Aim, 
Reduction 
by T. K. No, 
520 (Up. Hd. 
rate.) 
Sums brought 
140° 37' 0" 
15 
0 
14 30 
140 38 
140 32 
140 
140 
140 11 
over 
15' 45" 
East Longit. 
of 
Sweers' I. 
13 30 
0 
December. 
r 
h 
at 20 
<>< 
: At anchor 
under 
Bountiful 
I. 
140 
140 
10 0 
3 30 
7 45 
16 30 
140 23 45 
140 23 15 
139 42 45 
140 2 30 
139 52 0 
139 59 45 
139 56 15 
139 48 0 
- 14 8 
23 
140 
140 
140 
140 
140 
140 
140 
140 
140 
140 
140 
140 
139 
139 
139 
139 
139 
139 
/ // 
36 57 
21 15 
22 30 
16 15 
14 30 
13 30 
11 0 
10 0 
3 30 
7 45 
16 30 
23 45 
23 15 
28 37 
48 22 
37 52 
45 37 
42 7 
33 52 
Mean of forty-two sets, uncorrected 140 0 52,9 
Correction 
for errors 
of tables. 
33 
Interv. of 
5 ’s error. 
Cc/tr. Longit. 
of 
Sweers’ I. 
Whence 
deduced. 
) As on Nov. 
14, there 
being no 
obs. at 
33 45 Greenwich 
until 
Dec. 2. 
7 15 
OE.{ 
Ditto, 
_ ° / // 
19 50 27 
139 48 15 
49 30 
43 15 
139 40 45 
39 45 
37 15 
36 15 
29 45 
34 0 
42 45 
50 0 
49 30 
139 21 22 
41 7 
30 37 
38 22 
34 52 
26 37 
Corrected 139 44 52 and taken 
One day. 
E 
o w. a 
From observations west of the moon alone 
east of the moon alone 
139° 43' 59", 2 
139 46 2 ,3 
Mean 139 45 0 ,7 east. 
j Observers. 
