APPENDIX B. 
COMPARISON OF CHRONOMETERS. 
Date. 
No. of 
camp. 
Locality. 
No. of 
chronom. 
Reading of chron’s, 
mean solar time. 
Difference. 
Chronom’r slow of 
mean solar time. 
1855. 
h. 
m. 
s. 
li. 
711. 
5. 
h. 
m. 
s. 
July 15 
7 
1980 
5 
56 
30. 0 
0 
03 
23. 20 
1888 
5 
58 
08. 0 
0 
01 
38. 0 
1980 
5 
57 
50. 0 
1155 
5 
59 
23.0 
0 
01 
33. 0 
1980 
5 
59 
10. 0 
213 
6 
01 
08.5 
0 
01 
58.5 
July 19 
11 
1980 
5 
56 
10. 0 
0 
01 
19 67 
1888 
5 
58 
08. 5 
0 
01 
58.5 
1980 
5 
57 
10. 0 
1155 
5 
59 
07. 0 
0 
01 
57. 0 
1980 
5 
58 
00. 0 
213 
6 
00 
21. 5 
0 
02 
21. 5 
July 23 
Fort Reading__ 
1080 
c 
13 
10 0 
0 
01 
13. 07 
1888 
G 
15 
29. 0 
0 
02 
19. 0 
1980 
G 
14 
25 0 
1155 
6 
16 
44. 0 
0 
02 
19. 0 
1980 
G 
16 
00. 0 
213 
6 
18 
47.0 
0 
02 
47. 0 
July 29 
13 
Ashury’s rancho __ 
1980 
5 
55 
40. 0 
0 
03 
20. 92 
1888 
5 
58 
30.5 
0 
02 
50. 5 
1980 
5 
56 
50. 0 
1155 
5 
59 
40. 0 
0 
02 
50. 0 
1980 
5 
57 
45. 0 
213 
6 
01 
09.5 
0 
03 
24.5 
July 30 
14 
McCumber’s flat__ 
1980 
6 
04 
00. 0 
0 
04 
13.57 
1888 
G 
0G 
56. 0 
0 
02 
56. 0 
1980 
G 
04 
30. 0 
1155 
6 
07 
23 0 
0 
02 
53.0 
1980 
6 
05 
00. 0 
213 
6 
08 
28. 0 
0 
03 
28. 0 
August 1 
1G 
Canoe creek __ 
1980 
6 
02 
35. 0 
0 
04 
37. 90 
1888 
G 
05 
44.0 
0 
03 
09. 0 
1980 
6 
03 
20. 0 
1155 
G 
06 
23. 0 
0 
03 
03.0 
1980 
6 
04 
00. 0 
213 
6 
07 
34. 0 
0 
03 
34 0 
Note.—A lthough the chronometers were carefully compared on every day during the survey, it has been considered 
unnecessary to transmit any results not used for the determination of longitude. 
