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[[line]]Saturday Dec 30. 1871[[line]] Bar. 29.824. Ther. 32 Max 32 Min 19. Calm Ice thick & heavy extending out into outer harbor nearly to reef. Clear & fine much of A.M. last in breaking way through ice Ulakhta to [[chart with 4 columns. Headings left to right "Station" "Reading" "Next angle" "Meters"]] [[column heading:]] Station From Ulakhta to A B C D E [[three empty rows]] F [[two empty rows]] G H I K [[two empty rows]] Spithead [[four empty rows]] [[end column]] [[column heading:]] Reading [[one empty row]] 197 19 330 255 147 1/2 [[three empty rows]] 140 +6 in [[one empty row]] 80 270 84 136 [[two empty rows]] 104 1/2 [[three empty rows]] 1763 [[end column]] [[column heading:]] Next angle [[one empty row]] 0°..46' 0 0 0°..50' 0 [[three empty rows]] 0 [[two empty rows]] 2°..25' 0 0 1°..00 [[two empty rows]] 0 [[Focal?]] [[corr?]] [[three empty rows]] [[end column]] [[column heading:]] Meters [[one empty row]] 196.918 19.000 330.000 254.929 147.500 [[three empty rows]] 140.000 .152 [[one empty row]] 79.971 270.000 84.000 135.921 [[two empty rows]] 104.500 3.047 [[horizontal line indicating equals sign]] 211718 155422 [[horizontal line indicating equals sign]] 1765.938 [[end page]] [[start page]] Remeasurement of base line. P.M. from Ulakhta to Spithead,less reliable than the last as the sun shines directly in my face & the stadia is shaded. Back to vessel about 4 P.M. Ice every where in outer harbor. [[horizontal line]] but only light coat of crystals. Remarks [[horizontal line]] Across spit at A, 20. Vert. Ang. 20. A Near H but near beach ^[[insertion]] nearer beach [[/insertion]]. B on water's edge near G before. C in water, near the F of yesterday D on bank E. side, 25 ft from h.w. mark [[underlined]] Across [[/underlined]] the spit from D 30 vert ang. 0°. Along E. Bank of spit. E on E. side on edge of Bank. Add 6 in. to its sight to F. Across spit from E 33 Vert O. Along E edge and across narrow bight. F on W. side on edge of bank across from F 12. Vert. 0 Along W. edge spit and into water over bight. H on Edge of [[water?]] along water's edge. I is on beach over a shallow bight. Across spit - 29'12 ^[[insertion]] vert 2° [[/insertion]] from K. K is on edge of bank W. side [[vertical equation]] 1765.938 1765.462 [[horizontal line indicating equals sign]] .476 1400
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Geographical names checked: Ulakhta; Spithead