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APPENDIX.
[South Coast.
TABLE I. (Reference from p. 69.)
Longitude of the Observatory in Princess Royal Harbour, King George's Sound.
Appt. Greenwich time of the observations. | Place. | Longit. E. from Naut. Alm. | Reduction by two time keepers. | E. Longitude of the Observatory. | Correction | Correct Longit. of the Observatory. | Whence deduced. | Observer. | ||||||||||
for errors in tables | Interv. of ☾'s error. | |||||||||||||||||
1801 Nov. | º | ′ | ″ | º | ′ | ″ | º | ′ | ″ | ′ ″ | º | ′ | ″ | |||||
ʰ ′ 28 at 17 30 |
At sea. — |
90 91 |
56 6 |
0 15 |
+27 |
20 — |
49 |
118 118 |
16 27 |
49 4 |
−29 45 — |
One day — |
117 117 |
47 57 |
4 19 |
ʘ E. ☾ — |
C — | |
29 at 17 50 | — — |
95 95 |
50 47 |
45 45 |
+22 |
39 — |
7 |
118 118 |
29 26 |
52 52 |
−29 0 — |
Two days — |
118 117 |
0 57 |
52 52 |
Ditto. — |
— — | |
30 at 17 23 | — | 97 | 51 | 0 | +20 | 20 | 18 | 118 | 11 | 18 | −28 30 | — | 117 | 42 | 48 | — | F | |
December. ʰ ′ 11 at 17 24 |
Anchorage in Princess Royal Harbour. | 118 118 118 118 118 |
4 4 7 9 1 |
30 30 30 45 0 |
118 118 118 118 118 |
4 4 7 9 1 |
30 30 30 45 0 |
− 5 30 — — — — |
One day — — — — |
117 117 118 118 117 |
59 59 2 4 55 |
0 0 0 15 30 |
ʘ W. ☾ — — — — |
C — F — — | ||||
12 at 21 47 | At Observatory. — — — |
117 117 117 117 117 |
56 59 55 54 58 |
45 15 45 30 45 |
117 117 117 117 117 |
56 59 55 54 58 |
45 15 45 30 45 |
− 9 30 — — — — |
One day — — — — |
117 117 117 117 117 |
47 49 45 44 49 |
15 45 15 0 15 |
Ditto. — — — — |
C — F — — | ||||
31 at 13 32 | Ditto. — — — — — — — — — |
118 118 117 117 117 117 118 118 117 117 |
2 6 58 56 55 8 4 50 52 51 |
45 30 0 45 0 0 30 0 30 0 |
118 118 117 117 117 117 118 118 117 117 |
2 6 58 56 55 8 4 50 52 51 |
45 30 0 45 0 0 30 0 30 0 |
−13 0 — — — — — — — — — |
One day — — — — — — — — — |
117 117 117 117 117 117 117 117 117 117 |
47 53 45 43 42 55 51 37 39 38 |
45 30 0 45 0 0 30 0 30 0 |
ʘ E. ☾ — — — — — — — — — |
C — F — — C — F — — | ||||
1802 Jan. ʰ ′ 11 at 17 56 |
On shore at Lucky Bay. — — — — |
122 122 122 122 122 122 |
30 29 33 34 38 41 |
45 30 15 45 45 15 |
− 4 |
22 — — — — — |
38 |
118 118 118 118 118 118 |
8 6 10 12 16 18 |
7 52 37 7 7 37 |
− 6 15 — — — — — |
One day — — — — — |
118 118 118 118 118 118 |
1 0 4 5 9 12 |
52 37 22 52 52 22 |
ʘ W. ☾ — — — — — |
C — — — — — | |
Longitude from thirty-one sets of lunar distances, |
Uncorrected | 118 | 5 | 41,8 | Corrected | 117 | 53 | 9,9 | and taken |
From observations | east of the moon alone | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
117° | 48′ | 3,7″ | |
west of the moon alone | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
117 | 57 | 57 | ||
Mean | 117 | 53 | 0,3 | east. |