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[[underlined (column headers)]] |Civil Time| Chron. Time| Altitudes| Latitude| Longitude| Remarks| [[/underlined]]
| | | | | |Tuesy Jan 1 - 1861 Weather Calm Therm. Zero Bar. 29.200|
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|Th. Jan 3/60 [[sic]]|[[strikethrough]]1st day's journey on Exploring - 1st night in Igloo,[[/strikethrough]] | | | |[[double underlined]]Th. Jan 3/60 [[sic]][[/double underlined]]|
|Sat Jan 5.|A.M. Therm 60° below freezing point _|[[double underlined]]Sat Jan 5th[[/double underlined]]
|Th. Jan 10|A.M. Started on Journey for Ookoodlear|[[double underlined]]Jan 10[[/double underlined]]|
| |Therm 30° = 60° below freezing Pt.|
| |Dangerous position during a storm on the ice _ {|[[double underlined]]Fr. Jan 11 Sat Jan 12[[?double underlined]]|
| |Arrived on S.W. side of Roger's Island. ___ [[double underlined]]Suy Jan 13[[/double underlined]]|
| |Furious Snow Storm on Rogers Island ___|[[double underlined]]Fr. Jan 18[[/double underlined]]
| |Very fine day - Visit S.E. extr. of Rog Isld _|[[double underlined]]Tues Jan 22nd[[/double underlined]]
| |Light Sterry's Tower; Sarah's Isld; Hall Isld;|
| |Kitchiktung; Duck Isld; Nth. Foreland. _|
|S. Jan 27|18th Night in Igloo. Therm. 75° below Freezing Point _[[double underlined]]Sun. Jan. 27.[[/double underlined]]|
|W. Jan. 30|Took Compass & Bearings fromj Rogers Island _|[[double underlined]]Wed. Jan 30[[double underlined]]|
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|Fr. Feb 1st|Measured for height of highest Mountain, Rogers Isld.,|[[double underlined]]Friday Feb 1/61[[/double underlined]]|
ADC = 8°45'
DC = 975 feet [[image: small triangle, baseline labeled D,C,B, peak A, line from A down to C on midpoint of line D,B.]] [[angle symbol]] lin. D.A.C. 3°45' = 8.75353 Rad - - - 10.00000
ACD = ______
AC = 2624 :D.C - 975, Log. = 2.99034 :AC, 2624 - 3.41901
ACB = 12°
A.B. 545.6 ::[[angle symbol]]A.D.C. 8°45' 9.18220 ::[[angle symbol]]A.C.B. Sin ^[[12°]] 9.31788
_______ _______
12.17254 12.73689
________ ________
A.C. 2624, Log 3.41901 A.B.545.6, Log 2.73689
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A.B., height of Mountain, = to 545.6 feet. -
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[[column headings]] |[[time & date]]Altitude|date|
|Sat. Feb. 2nd Noon|[[circumpunct (sun symbol)]] 10°..00'..00"|[[double underlined]]Sat. Feb. 2nd[[/double underlined]]|
| | [[?Par, a Semid.]] 15. 24 | |
| | ___________| |
| | 10. 15. 24| |
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|Sun. Feb. 10|Took observations to reset my watch _|[[double underline]]Sun. Feb. 10[[/double underlined]]
| |[[circumpunct]] Obs. Altitude by Sextant 6°30'| |
| | Time by watch H3.m1 P.M.| |
| | Latitude 63°8'|This Lat. for rough working Feb 2/61|
| |[[circumpunct]] Semid. 16'.00" ==== | |
| | Par. 9 Corr. Alt 6.36| |
| | ______| |
| | 16..09| Lat. 63.8 |Sec. = 0.34494|
| | Refrac - 7. 52|Pol. D [[strikethrough]]Cosec[[/strikethrough]] 104.13|Cosec. 0.01462|
| | ______ | ______|
| | 8. 17 | 2)173.57|
| | Dip 2. 00 | ______|
| | _____ | 86.58 Cos. 8.72359|
| | +6. 17 | [[circumpunct]]'s Alt 6.36|
| | ===== | ____|
| | Alt. 6. 30 | 80.22| Sin = 9.99383|
| | |_______|
| | |Sin 19.07698| 6+| | |
| | _____ | | |
| | Corr.Alt. 6. 36 |
| | | h2.m41.s43 - Sin 19.07698|
| | Eq time 14.51| |
| | _________| |
| |True time 2. 56. 34| |
| |Time of watch3 ..1. 00| |
| | _________| |
| | 4. 26| Watch too fast.|
| | _____| |
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