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APPENDIX L.—ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS—Continued. 
Double altitude of Mars, in the west. 
Double altitudes of Spica Virginis, in the ei 
11 59 58 
Angular distances. 
Double altitude of Mars, in the west. 
12 17 58 
116 20 00 
Double altitude of the Moon's bright {lower) limb, in the east. 
12 20 45 
86 38 00 
Angular distances. 
Thermometer 52£° Fahrenheit. 
Determination of latitude, March, 10, 1854. —Double altitudes of 
Capella, in the west. 
Thermometer 42° Fahrenheit? 
Note. —Northern heavens very hazy. 
Determination of time, March 14, 1854. —Double altitudes of 
Capella, in the west.. 
85 22 55 
Double altitudes of Spica Virginis, in the east. 
83 52 55 
Thermometer 49° Fahrenheit. 
Determination of latitude, March 14, 1854. —Double altitudes of 
Polaris, in the west. 
Northern stars clouded up. 
