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Saturday February 23rd. 1805.
Observed time and distance of ☉'s an D's nearest limbs with Sextant,
☉ East.[45]
Time
Distance.
h
m
s
A. M.
6.
12.
15.
66°.
24′.
15″.
".
14.
17.
".
23.
45.
".
16.
14.
".
22.
45.
".
17.
51.
".
22.
—.
".
20.
23.
".
21.
25.
".
22.
l8.
".
21.
—.
h
m
s
A. M.
6.
25.
56.
66°.
20′.
—″.
".
28.
5.
".
19.
15.
".
29.
6.
".
19.
—.
".
30.
58.
".
18.
—.
".
32.
38.
".
17.
45.
".
34.
59.
".
17.
15.
Immediately after the Lunar observations observed Equal altitudes of
the ☉ with Sextant and artificial Horizon with water.
h
m
s
h
m
s
A. M.
6.
41.
5.
P. M.
—.
46.
20.
".
43.
9.
".
48.
30.
".
45.
19.
".
50.
35.
Altitude given by Sextant at the time of observation
40°.
15′.
45″
h
m
s
Chronometer too slow Mean Time
2.
28.
14.9
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