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___________ Monday Dec 18 __________ Bar. 30.380. Ther. 39. min. 25. Wind in A.M. none. Toward noon NE light P.M. strong, north. Ice which had formed quite thickly on small harbor, begins to break up - Take the boat & five men & go to the various signal stations repairing damages done by the gale of the 16th Baileys, Round Top and Rocky Point signals all down, were set up again, the others were all right. The wind appeared to have lifted the signals bodily out of the ground as the holes were not enlarged or the stays, except one, broken - Evening cloudy with a good deal of haze & high wind. Back to vessel by dark. __________ Tuesday Dec. 19 ____________ [[strikethrough]][[boxed]] 380 [[/boxed]] [[boxed]] 34 [[/boxed]][[boxed]] 24 [[/boxed]] [[/strikethrought]] Bar. 30.280. Ther. 37. 34. Wind Lt S.E. [[Go?]] ashore & test telemeter carefully. 20 units between both wires correspond to 20 meters and two units are included between the lower wires at a distance of 13 feet 1 inch. both distances [[from?]] one foot in advance of the [[end page]] [[start page]] Example L 170 between lower wires [[calculation]] 170 2 _______ 340.000 .729 _______ Result 339.271 [[/calculation]] [[calculation]] .Ø06085 17Ø __________ 35 56 00 0042 _________ .42595 6085 ________ 1.034450 .304794 ________ .729656 [[/calculation]] 13 ft = 3.96283 meters } = 3.98783 meters 1 inch= 0.02550 meters } = 2 units betw L wires This gives us constants - 1 unit between [[strikethrough]] upp [[/strikethrough]] both wires = 1 meter - 1 unit between lower wires = 1.993915 meters use therefore for lower wires 1 unit = to 2 meters less 0.006085 meters for every unit subtended. to which total the sum of 0.304794 is to be added for the focal correction making the true distance