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[[strikethrough of entire page with large x]][[top left corner boxed in]] [[underline]]1st set[[/underline]] Ang 8th 1862 G.H [[Hall's vessel: George Henry]] on shore [[encircled "17", directly under shore and above '17' in the subsequent line]]17[[/encircled]] [[time (hours, minutes, seconds) and bearing (degrees, minutes) readings]] ^[[1st Set] VIII-38-33 59°-17 40-45 58°-50 42-24 58°-30[[/top left corner boxed in]] [[starting at top right corner]] Result ?Tsu Alt [[circumpunct sun symbol]]29-40-27 Lat worked @ 62°-53' ?Poln ?dist. 73°-56-02 E [[strikethrough]]What[[/strikethrough time n5-s22,00 Ap. "[[for time]] [[underlined]]3.41-38[[/underlined]] h3-m47-00 M. To Ship [[/starting at top right corner]] [[what follows appears to be a long complicated calculation involving time and longitude, treated as if in two columns not separated by a vertical line. Tiny scribles and skethy annotations have not been transcribed.]] [[left column]] ?Men VIII-40-34 58°-52-20 3-47-00 ?Ohio F%4-53-34 ^[[2 Set]] VIII-43-42 58°-11-30 45-04 57°-56 46-46 57°-36 ?Men VIII 45-12 =57°-54 ?30" 3 51-34 Ohio F %4 53-38 [[vertical note in left margin]] Bud. Mt ?Bris 209° Grinnekk Mt. ?Bems 315° [[/vertical note in left margin]] [[Notes added, squeezed in, to calculation later?]] To Lt Tang. on W. side Mt Ob of ?S ?S ?ex Circumpunct to. Lt [[ditto marks for this down the column between the following times and bearings]] VIII-49-00 " " " 110°-50' 50-08 " " " 111 -08 51-00 " " " 111 -18 ^[[3d Set]] 52-34 56°-17 54-17 56 -00 55-18 55-46-30" 57-47 Circumpunct To Lt Peak Mt Warwick 104-42 59-00 " " " " " " 104-56 59-52 " " " " " : 105-10 ? 158 R 338 IX-01-20 54° 31' 02-15 54 -19-19 3-33 54 02 [[/left column]] [[right column]] Circummpunct ?Tim Alt 29-21-30 Lat. 62-53-08 ?Robin ?Sipt 73-56-05 Eq ?Tim 5-22 ?Ap " [[underlined]]3-46-12 [[/underlinned]] 3-51-34=M.T.Ship [[dropped down several lines are the following] ?Miles ?Sp 0 ?on 32' ?Off 32' [[/dropped down several lines are the following]] [[in parenthesis in lower right margin]] (?Cohip Ohio. see over 2 leaves) [[/in parenthesis in lower right margin]]
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Bud. may be Budington Mt. "M. T. Ship" may mean "miles to ship." Calculations are a complete mystery to me. Two leaves over (page 6) Hall states he may have made errors in calculations. Aug 8th 1862 corresponds to page 561 in Hall's book.
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