Lunar observations.]
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TABLE III. (Reference from page 148.)
Longitude of Sweers' Island, Gulph of Carpentaria.
Appt. Greenwich time of observations. | Place. | Longit. E. from Naut. Alm. | Reduction by T.K. No. 520 (Up. Hd. rate.) | E. Longitude of Sweers' I. | Correction | Correct Longit. of Sweers' I. | Whence deduced. | Observer. | ||||||||
for errors of tables | Interv. of ☽'s error. | |||||||||||||||
1802 Nov. |
Sums brought over |
° 23 |
′ 36 |
″ 57 |
′″ | ° 19 |
′ 50 |
″ 27 |
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ʰ ′ 15 at 9 30 |
Under sail in the Gulph. | 140 140 140 |
37 38 32 |
0 15 0 |
−15 45 — — |
140 140 140 |
21 22 16 |
15 30 15 |
−33 0 — — |
As on Nov. 14, there being no obs. at Greenwich until Dec 2. — — — — — — |
139 |
48 49 43 |
15 30 15 |
☉ E. ☾ — — |
F — — | |
16 at 12 30 | At anchor under Sweers' I. — — — — — — |
140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 |
14 13 11 10 3 7 16 23 23 |
30 30 0 0 30 45 30 45 15 |
140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 |
14 13 11 10 3 7 16 23 28 |
30 30 0 0 30 45 30 45 15 |
−33 45 — — — — — — — — |
139 |
40 39 37 36 29 34 42 50 49 |
45 45 15 15 45 0 45 0 30 |
Ditto. — — — — — — — — |
F — — — — — — — — | |||
December. ʰ ′ 3 at 20 0 |
At anchor under Bountiful I. — — — |
139 140 139 139 139 139 |
42 2 52 59 56 48 |
45 30 0 45 15 0 |
−14 8 — — — — — |
139 139 139 139 139 139 |
28 48 37 45 42 33 |
37 22 52 37 7 52 |
− 7 15 — — — — — |
One day. — — — — — |
139 |
21 41 30 38 34 26 |
22 7 37 22 52 37 |
☉ W. ☾ — — — — — |
F — — — — — | |
Mean of forty-two sets, uncorrected | 140 | 0 | 52,9 | Corrected | 139 | 44 | 52 | and taken |
From observations | west of the moon alone | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
139° | 43′ | 59″,2 | |
east of the moon alone | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
139 | 46 | 2 ,3 | ||
Mean | 139 | 45 | 0 ,7 | east. |