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Thursday July 18th 1861

A.M.  36°-  28.55  N.  Light  Cloudy
M.  48°-  28.575  N.N.E.  Fresh  Sun but Cloudy
P.M.  44°  28.425  E.  Almost Calm  Fair

The gale broke sometime in the night.

(No 1) Compare Chros.
Rescue's  h3-m36-52 2/ Beats
G.H.  3-22-00
Difference = m14-s26 [[checkmark]]

Then proceeded to "Whale Island" for Meridional Obs.
=hIV-m36-40 = 95°-39' Alt  118 for Va B.
=IV-41-20 = 95° 42' Alt.
IV-47-20 L.L. [[symbol: Sun]] to peak Mt Budington  115°-10'
IX-50-30 L.L. [[symbol: Sun]] " " " " [[dittos for: to peak Mt Budington]]  115°-46'
=IV-54-00  95°-42'30" Alt.
= See Supplement (worked up)

Mt. Budington bore 253 by Comp. Distance Whale Island (peak) from vessel 13.6 1/3 lengths of tape line x 66 feet = 900 feet

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(A)
Supplement July 18-61

Marking of Meridional Obs. for Lat.

R Chronometer | Alts. of [[symbol: Sun]]
hIV-m36-s40 | 95°-39'-00"  (Alts. by small (Pack) Sex.)
IV-41-20 | 95-42-00 (No Index Error)
IV-54-00 | 95-42-30
- | 3) 287-03-30
- | 2) 95-41-10
- | 47-50-35
- | 15.53
- | 48-06-28
- | Refraction  51
- | 48-05-37
- | Correction +1-09
- | At Ap Noon [[symbol: Sun]]'s Time Alt. 48-06-46
- | 90-00-00
- | 41-53-14
- | 20-58-30
- | Lat. N. = 62°-51'-44"

Decln  21°-00'-27.1"
1-56.87
20-58-30.23

m h
26.97
4 1/3
10788
899
69) 11687 [[?]]
60'
56"

15'-46.5" [[symbol: Sun]] S.D.
6 Px
15-52.5

h m s | h m s | h m s | 
4-46-12 | 4-46-12 | 4-46-12 | = The h4-m46-s12 is obtained top page 2d of this day's record [[underlined]] Vide. [[/underlined]]
4 36-40 | 4-41-20 | 4-50-00 |
9-32 | 4-52 | 7-48
A | B | C |

A  90.9"
B  15.0
C  60.8
3) 116.7
55.57
x 1.25
27785
11114
5557
60) 69.4625
69
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