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[[symbol:Moon]] H. Px. Corrected 54'-09" [[symbol: Moon]] R.A. " [[ditto for Px. Corrected]] h4-m12-s25 [[symbol: Sun]]'s R.A. " [[ditto for Px. Corrected]] h15-m35-s01 [[symbol: Moon]] Drc. 23°-42'-32" Equation -m14-s38 [[symbol: Moon]] SD 14'47" Ang. 7 = 14'54" [[line]] [[boxed]] Alt 27°-50' } Table XIX = 12'52" Px. 54 } Px 9"-----44" Al 5-----2 [[line]] -13-38 59-42 [[line]] +46-04 Apply this to atitude for Correction [[/boxed]] 90-00-00 Dec 23-42-32 [[line]] P. Dist 66-17-28 [[line]] [[boxed]] [[symbol:Moon]] W of Meridian [[/boxed]] [[symbol:Moon]] Horizontal Parallax Nov 17th Midt - 54'-05" [[symbol:Moon]] " " [[dittos for Morizontal Parallax]] 18th Noon 54-10 [[line]] 5 21.56 [[line]] 24)107.80(4 96 [[line]] 11 54-05 4 [[boxed]] 54-09 [[/boxed]] [[symbol:Moon]]'s R A (21st hour) h4-m10-s28,11 [[symbol:Moon]] R A (22d hour) 4-m12-57, 64 [[line]] 2-09, 53 4-10-28,11 60 1-57 [[line]] [[line]] 130 4-12-25 2156 [[line]] 780 650 130 260 [[line]] 1440)280280(m1.95 1'-57" 1440 [[line]] 13628 12960 [[line]] 6680 10.381 21.56 [[line]] 62286 51905 17038 20762 [[line]] 60)223,81436(3 180 [[line]] 43 [[symbol:Sun]]'s RA Noon 17th h15-m31 s16,88 per hr 10.381 3-43, 81 [[line]] 15-35-01 30.95" 33.5 [[line]] 15475 9285 9285 [[line]] 60)1036825(1 60 [[line]] 43 [[symbol:Moon]] Dec 21st h. 23°-40'-48.9 [[??]] 30.95" 1-43.68 [[line]] 23-42-32.58 3.524 21,56 [[line]] 3144 2620 524 1048 [[line]] 11,29944 Equation m14-s49.27 -11.29 [[line]] 14-38 Supplement Nob 18/61 [[end page]] [[start page]] Alt Brot from 1st Page ==== 27-40-25 Parallax & Ref Cos Tab XIX + 14-54 [[symbol:Moon]]'s SemiDiam 14-47" [[symbol:Moon]] & Ang 7" ln 27-55-19 46-04 [[line]] [[symbol: Moon]] [[red strikethrough]] [[symbol:Sun]] [[/strikethrough]] Correct Alt -- 28-41-23 Lat. N = = 62-53-30 .34134 Secant Polar Dist = 66-17-28 .03829 CoSecant [[line]] Sum 2)157-52-21 [[line]] 1/2 Sum 78-56-10 9.28308 Co-Sine [[symbol:Moon]]'s Corr Alt 28-41-23 [[line]] Remainder 50-14-47 9.88582 Sine [[line]] 2)19.54853 Sum [[line]] 9.77426 1/2 Sum (Sine) Corresponding to this in the column PM is h4-m51-s54 [[symbol: Moon]]'s R.A. Add (bring W of Meridn) = h+4-m12-s25 [line]] Sun bring West of Meridian gives R.A. of the Meridn 9-04-19 Subtract the Sun's [[symbol:Sun]] R.A. h15-m35-s01 [[line]] Gives the Apparent Time at the ship 17-29-18 Equation of Time 14-38 [[line]] Mean Time at the Ship 17-14-40 Greenwich Mean Time 21-33-30 [[line]] Difference in Times = 4-18-50 Long. W.G. 64°-42'-30" Supposed Error 17'-30' [[line]] 65°-00-00 [[boxed]] Supplement Nov 18/61 [[/boxed]]
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