APPENDIX L.—ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
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ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS—Continued. 
Determination of longitude by lunar distances, April 8, 1854.— 
Moon's western limb and nearest limb of the Sun, west. 
Time, p. m. 
Angular distances. 
h. m. s. 
4 05 30 
4 07 44 
4 09 30 
4 11 05 
d. m. s. 
127 15 15 
127 16 05 
127 16 45 
127 17 35 
Time, p. m. 
Angular distances. 
/(. m. s. 
3 35 18 
3 36 50 
3 38 00 
3 39 05 
127 04 05 
127 04 35 
127 05 15 
127 05 45 
Thermometer 50° Fahrenheit. 
Determination of longitude by lunar distances, April 8, 1854.— 
The Moon’s western limb and Pollux, west. 
Double altitude of the Moon's bright (upper) limb, in the east. 
Time. 
Angular distances. 
Time. 
Altitude. 
h. m. s. 
9 58 56 
10 01 00 
10 02 42 
10 04 38 
d. m. s. 
37 18 05 
37 19 05 
37 20 05 
37 21 35 
h. m. s. 
3 47 08 
d. m. s. 
53 40 35 
Double altitude of the Sun's upper limb, in the west. 
Double altitude of the Moon’s bright (lower) limb, in the west. 
Time. 
Altitude. 
h. m. s. 
10 06 43 
d. m. s. 
126 32 25 
h. m. s. 
3 ' 50 03 
d. m. s. 
51 25 45 
’ 
Time, p. m. 
Angular distances. 
h. m. s. 
10 13 29 
d. m. s. 
71 28 25 
h. m. s. 
3 53 34 
3 55 41 
3 57 34 
3 58 51 
d. m. s. 
127 10 55 
127 11 55 
127 12 35 
127 13 05 
Time. 
Angular distances. 
h. m. s. 
10 16 29 
10 18 29 
10 20 13 
10 22 01 
37 26 25 
37 27 25 
37 28 15 
37 28 55 
Double altitude of the Sun’s upper limb, in the west. 
Time. 
Altitude. 
Double altitude of Pollux, in the west. 
h. m. s. 
4 00 33 
d. m. s. 
47 05 10 
h. m. s. 
10 26 38 
d. m. s. 
66 04 55 
Double altitude of the moon’s bright (upper) limb, in the east. 
Double altitude of the Moon’s bright (lower) limb, in the west. 
Time. 
Altitude. 
4 02 39 
d. m. s. 
59 00 05 
h. m. s. 
10 28 25 
118 34 45 
