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APPENDIX L.-ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS—Continued. 
AT CAMP TWELVE AND ONE-TWENTIETH MILES EAST 
OP THE CORNUDOS. 
DETERMINATION OF LATITUDE. 
Double altitudes of Polaris, in the west. 
Time. 
Altitudes. 
Determination of time, February 25, 1854. —Double altitudes of 
the Sun’s upper limb. 
Altitudes. 
h. m. s. 
1 38 51 
I 39 55 
1 40 44 
1 41 18 
1 42 19 
1 42 59 
1 43 36 
d. m s. 
88 14 00 
87 59 40 
87 48 00 
87 41 00 
87 26 30 
87 17 30 
87 09 00 
h. 
TO s 
d. 
TO. 
s. 
8 
27 45 
64 
14 
40 
8 
30 41 
64 
09 
40 
8 
33 12 
64 
08 
00 
Thermometer 31° Fahrenheit. 
Determination of time, February 25, 1854.— 
-Double altitudes of 
the Sun’s upper limb . 
Thermometer 51° Fahrenheit. 
Determination of latitude, February 25, 1854.— Double altitudes 
of Sirius, in the east. 
Time. 
Altitudes. 
6 37 25 
6 39 16 
6 40 48 
6 42 44 
6 44 51 
6 45 58 
6 -47 05 
d. m. s. 
72 45 30 
73 08 10 
73 25 10 
73 47 20 
74 12 40 
74 26 30 
74 38 10 
Time, p. m. 
h. m. s. 
1 38 51 
1 39 55 
1 40 44 
1 41 18 
1 42 19 
1 42 59 
1 43 36 
d. 
88 
87 
87 
87 
87 
87 
87 
Altitudes. 
14 
41 
26 
17 
09 
00 
40 
00 
00 
30 
30 
00 
Thermometer 51° Fahrenheit. 
Double altitudes of Procyon, in the east. 
Time. 
h. m. 
6 53 
6 54 
6 55 
6 56 
6 58 
7 00 
7 02 
09 
22 
54 
54 
18 
58 
33 
d. 
98 
99 
99 
100 
100 
101 
102 
58 
22 
54 
15 
44 
40 
11 
20 
40 
30 
00 
00 
00 
40 
Thermometer 31° Fahrenheit. 
Determination of latitude.—Double altitudes of a XJrsce Majoris, 
in the east. 
Time. 
h. m. 
7 41 
7 43 
7 45 
7 49 
7 51 
7 52 
7 55 
Altitudes. 
30 
51 
56 
46 
34 
54 
13 
d. 
73 
73 
74 
75 
75 
75 
76 
07 
43 
09 
03 
29 
45 
20 
40 
40 
40 
30 
20 
40 
00 
BED OP SALT LAKE, THREE MILES WEST OP THE OJO 
DEL CUERBO. 
Determination of time, February 26, 1854.— Double altitudes of 
the Sun's upper limb. 
h. m. s. 
10 34 38 
10 35 30 
10 36 23 
10 37 12 
10 38 04 
10 38 45 
10 39 26 
d. 
88 
88 
88 
88 
88 
88 
89 
Altitudes. 
02 
13 
24 
37 
47 
57 
06 
s. 
00 
20 
30 
20 
40 
00 
10 
Thermometer 59° Fahrenheit. 
CAMP AT OJO DEL CUERBO, FEBRUARY 26, 1854. 
Magnetic amplitude of the Sun’s centre at 
his setting. 22° 00' 00" south. 
Variation of compass. 11 09 30 east. 
