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Log

Page	Plate	Class	Object	R.A.	Dec	Start	Obs H.A.	Obs Dec	Stop	Date	Miscellaneous
12	11686	V	U Cephei	0 53	+81.3	00 48	0 05 E	+81.3	02 54	Dec 29 1898	x 11686 Var. Star App. magnet end precedes. 1st image next plate no. 1 min Signals from Willard. Willard is 7 sec. fast. B 394 E.T. 5 59 1st movement Long Break. 6 17 R.A. -1 Rev. 8 03 R.A. -1 Rev. 8 04 Last movement. Have been more or less clouds during exp. Bond 394 = 0.9s slow.
12	11687	V	U Cephei	0 53	+81.3	02 58	2 05 W	+81.3	04 53	Dec 29 1898	x 11687 Same as last. 8 08 1st movement Long Break. 8 18 Long Break. R.A. -1 Rev. 8 59 R.A. -1 Rev. 9 17 R.A. -1 Rev. 9 41 Wound Weight. 10 03 Last Movement. More or less passing clouds during whole exp. Screws at south end of Polar Axis. +1/12 rev. Bond 394 = 0.8s slow.
12	11688		Adj. on Pole			05 10	0 00	+90.0 *	07 05	Dec 29 1898	x 11688 6 57 Began trail. * Assumed to be +90 not 9.0 "O.K." F.

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