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[[boxed date]] 1862 Aug 5 Tues. [[/boxed date] [[note right margin]] No Index Error On 32'00" Off 32'-oo" [[/note right margin]] {PM Obs for time made new ^[[officers]] tent Og-bier-seer-o-ping 1st set {VIII-15-27 66°-02' 36" { 18-00 65 -28 -00 { 19-48 65 -08 -00 {_______________________ Mean = VIII-17-45 = 65 -32 -50 2d Set (1 ob) = VIII-21-47 64°-44'-0" [[Vertical note in right margin in blue ink w/ bracket pointing to line above]] [[sun symbol]] Alt. 32°-36'-25' Pl. Dist. 73°-05'-37" Ap. Time [[?PM]] 3-21-49 EQ - - 45-43 _______ 3-27-32 VIII-21-47 3-27-32 __________ IV-54-15 h m s [[/Vertical note in right margin in blue ink w/ bracket pointing to line above]] Results working up 1st Set OK. Worked on Lat 62°-33' N. [[sun symbol]] Time Alt. 33°-00'53" hVIII-m17-s45 Polar dist 73°-05'-34" [3- 23- 29 [[connect by dot line to Mean Time Ob below]] _____________ 4- 54- 16 {Chro F.on M.T. Og-bier-seer-o-ping Apparent Time PM h3-m17-s46] Equation = = = + 5- 43] __________ Mean Time Obs. = h3-m25-s29 ] [[connected by dotted line up to "3-23-29]] {Long . Og bier-seer-o-ping D.R.} 65°-10'-26" = 4-20-42 [[adds to "4- 54 -16" above]] _______ m33-s34 = Chro F on Greenwich T. Aug 6th 1862 Wednesday Meridional Obs. Og-bier-seer-o-ping At tent - hIV-m51-s23 87°-43/30" V-01-10 87°-45'-00" 54- 23 44-00 04-00 87°-44'-30" 56- 17 44-30 05-50 87°-44 -00" 58- 50 87°-45-00[[*]] V-08=28 87°-43 -00 [[* very light pencil note inserted]] [[?62°-32'-48"]] [[/*very light pencil note inserted]] [[note in right margin]] Index Error 0 On 32'-00" Off 32'-00" [[/note in right margin]] {See working up [[strikethrough]] blow [[/strikethrough]] {below, bottom next page. [[end page]] [[start page]] [[boxed date]] 1862 Aug. 6ttj Wedns [[/boxed date]] [[vertical note between vertical lines]] original Obs. [[vertical note between vertical lines]] [[encircled 2 in right corner]] P.M. obs. Og-bier-seer-o-pong near Officer's tent. hVIII-m48-s53 58°-34' {Index Error 0 50- 40 58 -11 {On = 32-00 52- 10 57 -53 {off = 32-00 ____________ ______ _____ Mean = VIII- 50 -34.3 = 58°-12'-40" 00-00 Results working [[blue ink]] ^[[of the]] [[/blue ink]] above [[sun symbol]] True Alt. 29°-20'-35 {Lat. worked on Polar Dist. 73 -22 -20 { 62°-33' [[underlined]] App Time [[/underlined]] P/M. h3-m50-s44 = h3-m50-s44 Equation + 5- 36.6 h8-m50- 44 __________ __________ 3- 56- 20.6 4- 59- 50 [Chro {F on 8- 50- 34.3 {Ap. T ____________ [[?Chro]] F. on M.T. Og-bier-seer-o-ping 4- 54- 13.7 [[vertical note in blue ink in right margin]] Worked this to-day & found it [[underlined]] correct [[/underlined]] [[signed]] FH Oct 7/63 [[/vertical note in blue ink in right margin]] [[line across page]] Working up of Meridional obs of to-day - Chro Fast on Apparent time is above by P.M. Obs 4-59-50 [what follows are six mini-tables separated by vertical lines transcribed as a table]] |h|m|s|h|m|s|h|m|s|h|m|s|h|m|s|h|m|s| |4-59-50|4-59-50|4-59-50|4-59-50|4-59-50|4-59-50| |4-51-23|4-54-23|4-56-17|4-58-50|5-01-10|5-04-00| |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______| |1.4-43'-30"=8-27| 5-27| 3-33| 1-00| 1-20| 4-10| 29.9 = 5-27 87°-43'-30" 4-59-50 | h4-m51-s50 12.6 = 3-33 44 -00 5-59-50 | 5- 08- 28 1.0 = 1-00 44 -30 _______ | __________ 1.8 = 1-20 45-00 6-00 8- 38 17.4 = 4-10 45-00 ______________________ 36.0 = 6-00 44-30 [[?Dec]] 16°-43'-19.9" | per h 41.61 74.5 =8-38 44-00 [[?Connection]] 3 04.8 4.442 ____ _____ ______ 8)244.4 8)353-30 60)184.83162 (3 _______ ______ 180 30.55 2)87°-44-11.2 ___ 1.15 ___________ 4 ________ 43 -52-05 [Lat. Og-bier-seer-o-ping] 15275 +15-48 [by obs of to-day ] 3055 +07 [ N. = 62°-32'-39" ] 3055 _________ ________ 44 -08-00 35.1325 -59 _________ 44-07 -01 +35 [[this "35" connected to ""35.1325 at left with dotted line]] _________ 44-07 -36 90-00 -00 _________ 45-52 -24 16-40 -15 _________ [[boxed]] Lat. N. 62°-32'-39" [[/boxed]] [[connected to "N. 62°-32'-39" by double (=) lines]] [[encircled 3]] [[note on right half of page]] [The obs carefully made & with clear [[sun symbol]] ] [[/note in right half of page]] [[vertical note in blue ink in right margin]] Worked same sum to day & found the result here aboveto be correct. Oct. 12/63 FH. [[/vertical note in blue ink in right margin]]
Transcription Notes:
View the transcription in full, across the page mode to see the calculations as they appear in the journal page. "Equation" probably refers to the "Equation of Time" which correlates astrologic sun time to earth clock time, variation due to earth's irregular rotation & orbiting time over the a year.