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[[boxed date]] 1862 Aug 8 Fri. [[/boxed date]] [[encircled 7 in right corner]] (See preceeding page) Mean of 1st 3 ^sets of Observations for Time - Rescue's Chronometer [[?Test]] on Mean T. of Ship h4-m53-s36 4- 20 -20 Time = Longitude 65°-05' Chro. Fast on Greenwich Time __________ 33 -16 1/3 Diff R's & G.H. Chro = m27-s05 1/2 ______________ G.H.s F on Greenwich Time 6- 10 5/6 G.H,'s Chro by its given New London Rate should be Fs m7-s07 ______________ s56 1/6 = G.H.'s Chro. has lost [[?]] given New London rate [[very confusing ink bleed-through this page]] I have recapitulated the results of the PM obs. for time 3 obs 1st set 4-53-34 3 " 2d " 4-53-38 3 " 3d " 4-53-36 3 " 4th " 4-53-46 2 " 5th " 4-53-33 2 " 6th " 4-53-37 __ _______ 16 16 obs. = Mean = 4-53-37 1/3 = chro. (R's) Fast on Mean Time of Long. of Ship [[end page]] [[start page]] [[boxed date]] 1862 Aug 8 Fri. [[/boxed date]] Rejecting the 3 obs wh. make the 4th set [4-53-46(?)] The Mean of the others is 4-m53-s35 2/3 Long. of ship (65°-5') in time 4- 20- 20 _____________ Rescue's Chro Fast on Greenwich Time m33-s15 2/3 Rescue's Fs on G.H.'s - - - - - 27- 05 1/2 ___________ George Henry's Chro. F. on G. Time 6- 10 1/6 [[one third of the page blank]] Saturday August 9th 1862 Departure for Home - Adieu to Innuits & their Country with sincere hopes of again returning to the North. [[remainder of page is blank] [[end of page]]
Transcription Notes:
In some cases I have transcribed for mathematical clarity and/or continuity rather than transcribing text literally which would confuse context if transcribed purely by SI rules. Many times in these pages Hall refers to "R's & G.H.'s Chro." Hall is checking his watch (chronometer) he has named "Rescue" with the chronometer on board the George Henry, in order to correct for Greenwich time, in order to calculate Longitude.