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Supplement May 25th 1861
Taking the 3 PM observations marked "A" for [[underlined]] Variation [[/underlined]]
[[strikethrough]] that it will [[/strikethrough]]
they are marked as follows:
Altitudes 75°-10' 61°
74°-03 60
74°-10 59.5 P.D. 68°=56'-52"
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3) 224 -03 3)180.5 Lat 62 -52 -00 sec ,34098
2) 74 -41 ------
-------- 60,17 0 Alt 37 -35 -12 sec ,10104
37 -20-30 ----------
15-56 2)169 -24 -04
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37 -36-26 84 -42 -02 cos 8,96553
1-14 68 -56 -52
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37 -35-12 15 -45 -10 cos 9,98337
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2)19,39092
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cosine 9,69546
[[612?]]-16
2
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120-32
60-10
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Variation N. 60-22 W. This is an increase of error by the Compass not reversing as it should - & also by the Large daily variation - The variation is really N62W Transcription Notes:
This transcription is a facsimile that matches the calculations as they appear on the page.
