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Lunar observations.]
APPENDIX.
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TABLE II. (continued.)

Longitude of Upper Head, in Broad Sound.

Appt. Greenwich time of the observations. Place. Longit. E. of Upper Head from Naut. Alm. Correction Correct Longit. of Upper Head. Whence deduced. Observer.
for errors of tables Interv. of ☽'s error.
°  ″ °
1802 Sept. 

ʰ    ′ 
18 at 10 45
 
 
 
At Upper Head.



150
149
149
149
150
150
 6
54
54
57
 8
20
15
45
30
45
 0
15
−23 45




One day.




149
149
149
149
149
149
42
31
30
34
44
56
30
 0
45
 0
15
30
☉ E. ☾




F




— at 11 45 Ditto.




150
150
150
150
150
150
13
 7
10
16
18
15
 0
30
45
15
15
15
−24 15




Ditto.




149
149
149
149
149
149
49
42
46
52
54
51
15
45
15
30
 0
 0










21 at 10  0 Ditto.











150
150
150
150
150
150
150
150
150
150
150
150
150
16
12
24
18
14
23
17
14
16
21
12
20
17
15
 0
30
15
30
 0
45
45
15
 0
45
45
15
−19 45











Two days.











149
149
150
149
149
150
149
149
149
150
149
150
149
56
52
 4
58
54
 3
58
55
56
 1
53
 1
57
30
15
45
30
45
15
 0
 0
30
15
 0
 0
30
























Longit. from ☉ E. ☾, uncor. 150 13  16,2 Corrected 149 51  28,8
Longit. from ☉ W. ☾, uncor. 149 49   9,8 149 42  17,1
Means of fifty sets, of lunar distances. uncor. 150  1 13, Corrected 149 46 53, and taken