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APPENDIX L.—ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS—Continued. 
Determination of latitude , March 29, 1854 .—Double altitudes of 
a Geminorum (Castor,) in the west. 
Time. 
h. to. s. 
8 42 50 
8 44 07 
8 45 17 
8 46 50 
8 48 J6 
8 49 28 
8 50 30 
8 51 33 
Altitudes. 
d. m. s. 
125 41 10 
125 08 20 
124 .38 50 
123 59 50 
123 22 50 
122 52 00 
122 27 10 
122 00 10 
Observations for the variation of the compass, March 29, 1854.— 
Double altitude of Sirius, in the west. 
Time. 
Altitude. 
Magnetic bearing. 
h. TO. s. 
d. TO. s. 
d. TO. s. 
7 39 48 
68 21 40 
S. 22 30 00 W. 
Double altitude of Capclla, in 
the west. 
Time. 
Altitude. 
Magnetic bearing. 
Double altitudes of a Ursce Majoris, in the east. 
Time. 
8 08 31 
8 10 41 
8 11 46 
8 12 56 
8 17 59 
8 19 05 
Altitudes. 
d. to. s. 
114 05 50 
114 30 20 
114 41 40 
114 54 00 
115 22 40 
115 33 20 
Double altitude of v Ursce Majoris, in the east. 
Time. 
Altitude. 
Magnetic bearing. 
Thermometer 58° Fahrenheit. 
Determination of latitudes , March 29, 1854 .—Double attitudes of 
t) Ursce Majoris, in the east. 
d. to. 
79 19 
s. d. TO. 5. 
00 N. 37 50 00 E. 
8 
8 
8 
8 
8 
8 
h. 
9 
9 
9 
9 
9 
Time. 
26 46 
28 10 
29 20 
30 25 
31 25 
32 29 
33 35 
34 35 
Altitudes. 
d. to. 
79 19 
79 46 
80 07 
80 30 
80 48 
81 10 
81 29 
81 49 
Double altitudes of Arcturus, in the east. 
Time. 
21 
22 
24 
25 
26 
27 
28 
29 
Altitudes 
d. 
74 
74 
15 
10 
26 
22 
18 
16 
75 
76 
76 
77 
77 
10 
47 
26 
46 
19 
43 
06 
30 
Thermometer 58° Fahrenheit. 
Double altitude of Arcturus , in the east. 
00 
00 
40 
00 
30 
00 
10 
40 
Time. 
Altitude. 
Magnetic bearing. 
h. TO. S. 
d. TO. 5. 
d. m. s. 
9 21 45 
74 10 30 
N. 76 45 00 E. 
Determination of time, March 29, 1854 .—Double altitudes of the 
Sun’s tipper limb. 
Time, p. m. 
30 
50 
10 
40 
00 
50 
20 
40 
02 
03 
03 
04 
04 
05 
06 
06 
07 
08 
s. 
34 
07 
59 
33 
13 
50 
30 
02 
d. 
110 
110 
110 
110 
110 
no 
109 
109 
109 
109 
Altitudes. 
58 
49 
37 
28 
18 
08 
59 
48 
37 
28 
50 
30 
10 
00 
50 
10 
00 
40 
00 
30 
Thermometer 84° Fahrenheit. 
