[ 3 8 ° ] 
The adjuftment of the nonius of 
the micrometer, thus 
ius or ^ 
O o 
+ o 
o 
— o 
+ 0 
o 
o 
— o 
o 
o 
-o 
2 
1 
o 
3 — 
o 4- 
o 
o 
o! 
o 
o 
2 
Mean = — o 0.52 — 0.4 to be 
added to {he obferved angle, it falling to the left hand of o. 
1761. 
April 
D 2J d . 
May 
h 2. 
D 4. 
Obfervations made at the Cape of Good Hope. 
Arrived in Sable bay. 
Carried the inftruments afliere. 
Set the clock going, tire pend-ulum having not been altered fince 
it came from London. 
The quadrant being fixed, the plumb- 
line (hewing it did not move. 
Stars palTed the 
wires per clock. 
Procyon. D 4 d May. 
h / >' 
The ftars returned 
to the fame plane. 
12 
14 
17 
5 '- 
3 6 
7 i 
Procyon. <? 5th. 
2 33 47 : 
26 26 
39 7 s 
Procyon. $ 
h t rr 
5 th. 
4 ^i 
18 
14 51 
9 
12 
Procyon. g 
2 3 1 3 r 
34 9 ■ 
36 48^ 
6th. 
Going 
of the 
clock. 
Lofes per 
day of the 
ftars. 
2 
2 
2 
17 
j8 
165 
Farenheit’s thermo- 
meter. 
P.M. 
7 h 
2or 3 h 
May 
A.M. 
P.M. 
10 
65 
1 1 
62 
13 
5 6 
60 
H 
55 
59 
J 5 
55 
DO 
17 
62 
18 
58 
6l 
J 9 
58 
63 
20 
60 
6 5 
21 
60 
64 
22 
6oi 
63 
23 
58 
6ii 
24 
58 
604 
2 5 
58 
63 
26 
59 
6z{ 
57 
59 
6 3 
64 
65 
6 zi- 
^ 3 s 
6 3 
1761, 
