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+ [[Sunday]] Nov 3d 1861
AM 18° N W Light Cloudy
M 26 N W " " [[dittos for: Light Cloudy]]
PM 21 W " [[ditto for: Light]] Light clouds around the horizon (Aurora)
Whales have been seen in the small openings in the ice down the Bay to-day. For a while it was thought that Capt. B. would send down the Boats transporting them over the ice - but on his taking a look from one of the Islands it was concluded injudicious so to do.
Monday Nov 4 1861
AM 16° N.W. Light. Cloudy
M 17 N.W. Fresh [[underlined]] Fine [[/underlined]]
PM 12 N W Light [[underlined]] Fine [[/underlined]] Aurora
Soon after Sun was up, clouds all dispersed leaving the heavens as I denominate in my Metological tables when so = [[underlined]] Fine. [[/underlined]] And thus it has remained throughout the day.
This day made following Obs. - I met with the usual trouble with my Artificial Horizon wh. keeps constanly vibrating when only a [[underlined]] gentle [[/underlined]] wind blows.
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1861 Nov 4 Mon
Meridian Obs.
4-32-00
-25-28 Fast
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4-06-32
+16-17 Eq
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4-22-49
4-20-00 = Meridian [[symbol: Sun]]
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PM= 2-49 = 7.9
"[[ditto for PM]] 8-34 = 73.4
"[[ditto for PM]] 11-54 = 141.6
"[[ditto for PM]] 14-11 = 200.0
"[[ditto for PM]] 16-14 = 263.3
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M T 5)686.2 69
137,24 1 123516(2'-3")
G.H. Daily .9" 125
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3
Gain m 31
0.78345 7-10 GH Fast Oct 2
6
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7-16
18-12
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R's Fast over G.T. m25-s28 Set N.=62°-53-36
h4-m32-s00 22°-48'-30"
30-45 22-48-15
41-05 22-46-15
43-22 22-45-00
45-25 22-42-00
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5)113-40-00
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22-44-00
I. Error - 2-00
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2)22-42-00
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11-21-00
[[symbol: Sun]]'s SD & Px 16-20
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11-37-20
23516(2'-3") +2-03
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11-39-23
Ref - 4-33
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11-34-50
90-00-00
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18-25-10
15-31-34
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Set N. - 62°-53-36
on 34'-oo"
off 30-00
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2)4-00
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-2-00
Dec. S 15°-28'-15"
3-18.6
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15-37-34
per h
3)45.84
4 1/3
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1528
18336
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60)1986,64(3
180'
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[[circled]] 18 [[/circled]]
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By taking the time below (P.M. Obs) it gives
Lat 62°-53'-31"
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Compare Chrons R's hIV-m52-s12
G.H.'s= IV-34-00
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R fast over GH 18-12 [[checkmark]]
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Rocking Horizon made made obs. unreliable yet it approximates to fact Index error - 2'-00"
[[boxed]] Unreliable for [[symbol: Sun]] too low]]
Dec S 15°-28'15"
5,20.8
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15-33-36
00-00-00
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105-33 36 P.O.
Per h 45",84
7'
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60)32088(5
300
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20
S per h
-0.074
7 Eq 16-17
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,517 [[line]] 2-53-36
16-16 Eq -16-16
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[[circled]] 2-37-20 [[/circled]]
[[symbol: Sun]]'s SD 16-10.5
Px 9.0
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16=19.5
M Obs. hVII-m19-s30 9°-29'15"
for Time VII-22-40 9-00-00
VII-25-30 8-34-00
[[boxed, in right margin]] Artificial Hor. rocking badly [[/boxed]]
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3)22-07-40 3)27-03-15
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7-22-33.3 9°-01'-05"
2-37-20 2-00
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4-45-13 2)8-54-05
4-20 [[line]]
[[line]] 4-29-32.5
Chro fast m25-s13 Sun's SD 16-19.5
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4-45-52.0
10-19
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4-35-33
62-54-00 .34147
105-33-36 .01621
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2)173-03-09
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86-31-348.78282
4-35 33
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81-86- 0 9.99568
2 18.13878
App. P.M. 2-53-36 = 9.56769
