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1861 Nov. 10 + [[Sunday]]
to the Western. It had the appearance of a golden cloud with but little of the shooting rays usually attendant on display here of Aurora. The belt was nearly [[underlined]] uniform [[/underlined]] in width (being about 7 Degrees) & in brilliancy, tho' there were alternate spaces of golden gauze through wh. stars twinkled.
At hVII-m15 the heavens overhead were in a blaze of [[underlined]] living [[/underlined]] glory - anon it extended Easterly & Westerly - but the [[underlined]] grand [[/underlined]] center was in Zenith.
One moment the Aurora was shooting up in perpendicular rays or beams - all at once, another arch of Aurora would sweep easterly across the very face of the 1st. Quick as thought the whole became of varied, brilliant hues - crimson red at the base, rose-red next, then softening into celandine & pea green, violet blue, purple & golden. From one end of the arch, hair like brows would shoot out at right angles with the main rays of the arch lifting & falling, in wavy like motions reminding me of the expanding streams of water rushing from the pipe nozels of Cincinnati Steam Fire Engines when poised one moment 45 degrees another 50° & constantly vibrating from the one position to the other. Then the Aurora
"With sweeping glories glides along in air
And shakes the sparkles from its blazing hair".
While several of the "George Henry's" Company were witnessing this fine sight, our faces upturned to zenith, during the [[underlined]] finest [[/underlined]] part of the display, Morgan cried out in his quaint
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Supplement of + [[Sunday]] Nov 10th 1861
To-night took Alt. of [[symbol: Moon]] at its Meridian but from some defect of Artificial Horizon or subsequent slip of the stick of the Sextant in bringing it below deck the Latitude deduced [[underlined]] too low. [[/underline]]
Double Alt. [[symbol: Moon]] 42°-09'-30 15'-9" [[symbol: Moon]] S Diam
In Er. -1-30 Angtn. 5 Table XV
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2)42-08-00 15'14"
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21-04-00
[[symbol: Moon]]'s S Diam +15-14
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21-17-14
Correction Table XIX+49-17
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22-08-31
90-00-00
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Polar Dist 67-51-29
Declinan S == 4-59-41
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Lat deduced 62-51-48
Parx. midnight 55'-29"
Correction Table 21°-10'2's Alt & 55 Px. 9'-55"
Px. 29" ---- 28"
9' Alt 02"
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10°-25"
59'-42"
-10-25
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[[circled]] 49-17 [[/circled]]
Nov. 11th [[symbol: Moon]] at Meridian Greenwich h7-m40,1
" [[ditto for Nov.]] 10" [[ditto for th]]
[[symbol: Moon]]
" " " [[dittos for at Meridian Greenwich]] 6-57.8
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42.3
Then h24: m42.3::h4-m20: m7,6
4 1/3
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1692
741 m
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24)1833(m7.6
168
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153
144
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9
VI-57.8
7.6
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VII-05.4
VII-05-24
Def Long +4-20 00
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Greenwich Time h11-m25-s24
passing Meidian at the G.H.
By rule on page 172 & 173 Bowditch
42-09-30
1-30
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2)42-08-00
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21-04-00
Add == 12-00
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Correction 28-16-00
Table XXIX +50-00
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Con Alt. 22-07-00
90-00-00
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P Dis. 67-53-00
Dec S. 4-59--41
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Lat N. 62-53-19
[[symbol: Moon]]s Dec h11=S 5°-05-02.7
[[symbol: Moon]]s " [[ditto for Dec]] m25 1/2 5-21.3
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4-59-41
per min
12,602
2.5 1/2
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60)321,351(5
300
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21
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Rescues Chro fast m25-s52
Greenwich T. = 11-25-24
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Time by RS Chro = 11-51-16
at Meridian Passage
Moon [[image: cross, representing Sunday]] 10 Nov.
Nov 4th
GH's fast 7-16
Nov 10 gain 04.7
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7-21
R's fast on GH 18-31
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R's fast on GH T 25-52
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