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APPENDIX L.—ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS—Continued. 
Time. 
Angular distances. 
A. m. s. 
10 32 58 
10 34 43 
10 36 50 
10 39 03 
d. m. s. 
37 31 25 
37 32 15 
37 33 05 
37 33 55 
Thermometer 50° Fahrenheit. 
The Moon's western limb and Spica Virginis, east. 
Time. 
Angular distances. 
A. m. s. 
10 46 20 
10 48 13 
10 50 02 
10 52 02 
d. m. s. 
53 10 45 
53 10 05 
53- 09 15 
53 08 35 
Double altitude of the Moon’s bright {lower) limb, in the west. 
h. m. s. 
10 53 31 
d. m. s. 
108 52 15 
Double altitude of Spica Virginis, in the east. 
A. m. s. 
10 55 54 
d. m. s. 
91 53 25 
Time. 
Angular distances. 
A. m. s. 
10 57 50 
10 59 38 
11 01 34 
11 03 46 
d. m. s. 
53 07 05 
53 06 15 
63 05 35 
53 04 55 
Double altitude of Spica Virginis, in the east. 
A. m. s. 
11 06 05 
d. m. s. 
92 57 00 
Double altitude of the Moon's bright {lower) limb, in the west. 
d. m. 
102 47 
Time. 
Angular distances. 
A. 
m. 
s. 
d. 
m s 
11 
l(i 
30 
53 
00 45 
11 
12 
32 
53' 
00 05 
11 
14 
54 
52 
59 15 
11 
17 
15 
52 
58 45 
Thermometer 50° Fahrenheit. 
DETERMINATION OF TIME AND RATE OF CHRONOMETER. 
Determination of time, April 3,1854. —Equal altitudes of Sun’s 
upper limb. 
Approximate latitude to be used in the first computation of 
time, 32° 28' 55". 
Time, a. m. 
h. m. s. 
9 57 56 
9 58 38 
9 59 18 
9 59 59 
10 00 41 
10 01 30 
10 02 28 
10 03 27 
Altitudes. 
Ill 03 00 
111 15 20 
111 27 00 
111 38 20 
111 50 50 
112 05 20 
112 21 40 
112 37 30 
Time, p. m. 
h. m. s. 
1 04 11 
Lost. 
Lost. 
1 02 12 
1 01 27 
1 00 35 
12 59 32 
12 58 43 
Thermometer 79° Fahrenheit. 
Determination of time, April 4, 1854. —Double altitudes of the 
Sun’s upper limb. 
Time. 
A. m. s. 
9 55 50 
9 56 37 
9 57 26 
9 58 15 
9 59 04 
9 59 50 
10 00 48 
10 01 39 
10 02 24 
10 03 09 
Altitudes. 
d. m. s. 
111 53 25 
112 07 35 
112 20 55 
112 35 35 
112 49 45 
113 03 15 
113 20 05 
113 34 25 
113 46 45 
113 59 55 
Thermometer 78° Fahrenheit. 
