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[[line]] Saturday Mar. 16. 1872 [[line]]
Ther. 36. Max 49 Min 36 Bar. 29.720 Fair, with passing clouds Wind lt. S.  265 on telemeter coincides with 9.5 on staff.  Then level center of telescope is 6 ft. 1 3/4 in above 9.5

√ 1 [[bracket]] 
S41 E .43 1/2 B. 172 1/2 is bisected by middle wire on beach- Theodolite center at this station is 13 3/4 in above it. [[/bracket]]

2 [[bracket]] 
Next station 162 1/2 middle wire S63 E 70 B on grass between old Aleut houses middle wire at this station 9 3/4 in above 162.5 [[/bracket]]

3 [[bracket]] 
Next 130 mid wire S 64 1/2 E 48B  Level of theod 1/2 in below that of last D at this one on grass on flat
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 4 [[curly bracket]] 
Next middle 266 S63 1/4 E. 62B. 4 ft 7 in.  Clothes line
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5 [[curly bracket]]  
Next 672 3/4  65 2/B E 40B  4 ft 8 3/4.Just beyond Hennigs house.
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Next 250 on church NW Corner S58 1/2 E (45B)
250 is 6 1/2 in above bench mark
6 Sight to beach 49 1/2 B. Vert 5°.59'|15 ft 3 3/10 in  N 26 1/2 East. Rev. to edge of bank of brook  16B Vert. 1°.27' _
Take a set of altitudes for time in A.M. recording for Harrington.  Then correlate the bench marks as above.  P.M. run the line of the beach with telemeter to Albatross Δ and return to altitudes.
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But we are prevented from obtaining the rest by clouds.  Day partly fair, with one heavy snowsquall at noon.  Passing clouds in P.M. & A.M. closes cloudy. 9 P.M. bar. 29.700 wind SE

[[calculation:]]
6 ft 1 3/4 in
1 .  1 3/4 in
   0.9 3/4 in
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8. 2'-1/2 = 8.1 1/2

[[calculation:]]
15.7.75
1.1.75
9.9.75
4.6.50
4.2.25
--------
26.04.0 above zero

[[calculation:]]
15.4.16
 6.8.40
-------
22.00.56

[[calculation:]]
   4.7
   4.8 3/4
   -------
  17.5 1/4
     6 1/2
   -------
  16.10 [[strikethrough]] 3/4 [[/strikethrough]] above 9.5
   9.06
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  26.04 [[strikethrough]] 3/4 [[/strikethrough]]

Bench mark on church is above 0 of staff 26 ft. 04 [[strikethrough]] 3/4 [[/strikethrough]] in
Same is above our bench mark on rock Iliuliuk Harbor 13 ft. 04 [[strikethrough]] 1/4 [[/strikethrough]] in

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Height of church mark above 6 ft 7/10 on staff approximately = 15 ft .416 by water level less reliable than the other [[/left margin]]

Transcription Notes:
names checked: March 16, left hand page: line 10: Aleut houses; line 19: Hennigs house; line 27: Harrington; line 30 (last line) Albatross. Geographical name checked: right hand page: Iliuliuk Harbor