APPENDIX L.—ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
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ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS—Continued. 
Double altitudes of i8 Leonis, in the east. 
h. m. s. 
9 09 57 
9 II 44 
9 13 46 
9 15 13 
9 16 29 
d. m. s. 
85 18 00 
86 03 10 
86 54 40 
87 30 40 
88 02 20 
Thermometer 37° Fahrenheit. 
Determination of longitude by lunar distances, March 4, 1854.-— 
The Moon’s western limb and Aldebaran, east. 
Time. 
Angular distances. 
/(. m. s. 
7 33 36 
7 33 45 
7 42 57 
7 47 55 
d. m. s. 
13 23 40 
13 21 00 
13 19 10 
13 17 10 
Double altitudes of the Moon’s bright (lower) limb, in the west. 
Time. 
Altitudes. 
h. m. s. 
7 55 52 
d. m. s. 
78 20 20 
Double altitudes of Aldebaran, in the icest. 
Time. 
Altitudes. 
h. m. s. 
8 04 04 
d. m. s. 
95 53 40 
Time. 
Angular distances. 
h. m. s. 
8 07 45 
8 12 35 
8 17 34 
8 22 26 
d. m. s. 
13 10 40 
13 08 50 
13 06 50 
13 04 20 
Double altitudes of the Moon’s bright (lower) limb, in the west. 
Time. 
Altitudes. 
h. m. s. 
8 26 05 
d. m. s. 
65 25 20 
Double altitudes of Aldebaran, in the west. 
Time. 
h. m. 
8 28 
Altitudes. 
d. 
85 
Time. 
Angular distances. 
h. 
m 
s. 
d. 
m. s. 
8 
33 
55 
13 
01 30 
8 
38 
41 
12 
59 20 
8 
43 
48 
12 
57 50 
Thermometer 37° Fahrenheit. 
DETERMINATION OF LATITUDE. 
Determination of time, March 3, 1854.— Double altitudes of 
Sirius, in the west. 
Time. 
h. m. 
7 56 
7 58 
7 59 
8 00 
8 02 
8 03 
8 04 
8 07 
8 08 
Altitudes. 
31 
15 
31 
48 
16 
41 
53 
26 
54 
d. 
82 
81 
81 
81 
81 
81 
81 
81 
81 
05 
58 
52 
47 
40 
34 
28 
14 
06 
40 
00 
10 
00 
40 
20 
00 
40 
20 
Double altitudes of a Leonis ( Reg ulus ,) in the east. 
Time. 
h. m. 
8 36 
8 38 
8 39 
8 41 
8 42 
8 43 
8 45 
8 47 
8 48 
Altitudes. 
s. 
23 
22 
39 
09 
26 
59 
45 
24 
50 
d. 
107 
107 
108 
108 
109 
109 
110 
111 
111 
15 
48 
21 
54 
22 
58 
37 
17 
50 
00 
40 
00 
40 
00 
20 
Thermometer 32° Fahrenheit. 
