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[[boxed]] 1860
Friday
Nov. 23 [[/boxed]]
No natives can visit us to-day. We fear an attempt by them would prove worse than the condition of "Fluker", when he ventured down on the ice at [[strikethrough]] on [[/strikethrough]] George Henry's [[strikethrough]] bug [[/strikethrough]] bow this morning. His 1st step was on [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]] to a treacherous piece that "Kan-trumed" (as the natives term a summerset) instantly letting him fully neck deep into the briny deep. Smart strokes of the upper [[strikethrough]] limbs [[/strikethrough]] & nether limbs - frog like - Keep "Fluker" above water. Not unlike the Seals [[strikethrough]] that [[/strikethrough]] of this Bay & Harbor, mounted "Fluker" the floating piece of ice from which he fell! 
About 9 this A.M. the clouds N.W. glowed with the sun's rays while [[strikethrough]] at the [[/strikethrough]] S. Easterly all was impenetrable gloom. I was much interested to-day in watching the peculiar appearances of [[underlined]] vapory beams [[/underlined]] (I will call them) that floated from the S West toward the East. The appearances so far as motion [[strikethrough]] was [[/strikethrough]]& shooting rays were concerned [[strikethrough]] & beam-like [[/strikethrough]] reminded me strongly of Aurora. The ray-like appearance reached from the horizon to 60° in height. The color [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] was [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] Whitish on steel.
The Sun has shone on the George Henry to-day for nearly [[underlined]] a whole hour! [[/underlined]] As my eye met its glorious face, I thought: Shall I ever see Him Who Made it? O, that Heaven may yet be my Home! I do not deserve it - [[underlined]] never shall [[/underlined]] - but the fact that He Who descended to Earth - lived & died for just such poor, sinful insignificant creatures as I, gives me Hope that He will look with compassion upon me as i shall bid adieu to terrestial scenes. May I see to it that my Hope is not ill founded. God I pray gives me full knowledge of the Right Way to Thee. [[strikethrough]] Him [[/strikethrough]]
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[[boxed]] 1860/
Fri. Nov. 23rd [[/boxed]]
I have just been working example "Nov" Luna observations page 333 of Bowditch's Navigation by the Method of said works called the "Second". Example now on said page is fully worked by Method the First. The same as performed by me [[underlined]] by Method the Second [[/underlined]] results in a difference of 00° -00'-04" in the [[underlined]] true [[/underlined]] distance between the star Antares & the Moon this making a difference of [[strikethrough]] no [[/strikethrough]] nearly two geographic miles (1'-45") in longitude. This is too great - decidedly great a difference - between the said 2 Methods. What confidence in determinations of long. if by such Rules? That a record [[strikethrough]] mark [[/strikethrough]] may be made of my performing this example by "Second Method", I herewith incorporate it in this journal.
The sum is:
"Suppose, 1836, Apr 2d - 2h - 3m - 50s AM mean time, sea account, in the [[strikethrough]] long [[/strikethrough]] ^[[ [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] ]] [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] Longitude of 173° E. by account, the observed distance of the moon's fartherest limb from Antares was 61° - 04' the observed altitude of the star 68° - 29' the ^[[observed]] altitude of the Moving lower limb, 45° - 23'. Required the true Long".
The "preparation [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] is the same ^[[in all methods.]] Having done the whole will give it
Sea-time converted into astronomical time = 1d - 14h - 03m - 50s
Longitude of ship (or place) 172° E into time [[underlined]] 11 - 28 - 00 [[/underlined]]
Greenwich Time [[solid line]] 1 - 02h - 35m - 50s
{ob.d
{* Altitude ... 68° - 29'
Subtract ...... 04
[[underlined]] * App Alt - [[boxed]] 68° - 25' [[/boxed]] [[encircled]] A [[/encircled]]
[[symbol]] Obd Alt ..... 45° - 23'
D Semi diam. + 12
[[underlined]] [[symbol]] App. Alt = [[boxed]] 45° - 35 [[encircled]] B [[/encircled]]
[[symbol]] Semi D. Ap[[?]] 1st 1836 [[symbol]] Horizontal Parallax Apr 1 1836
Noon 15' - 5"8'7  Noon 58'-38"
Midnight [[underlined]] 16 - 03'5 [[/underlined]] Midnight [[underlined]] 58-55'9 [[/underlined]]
Vide Table X1 5   Vide Table X1 18"
[[underlined]] 1 [[/underlined]] 4
16'-00" [[symbol]] Hor. Parx = [[boxed]] 58° - 42" [[/boxed]] [[encircled]] D [[/encircled]]
Augment     } = 11
By Table XV } [[boxed]] 16'-11" [[/boxed]] [[?]] Semi - Diam
[[encircled]] C [[/encircled]]
* & [[symbol]] Observed distance F-L 61° - 04' - 00"
semi - Diam [[symbol]] [[underlined]] sub. [[encircled]] C [[/encircled]] 16 11 [[/underlined]]
} Carry Over  }
* & [[symbol]] Apparent Distance 60°- 47' - 49" [[encircled]] E [[/encircled]]

 
    

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