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Thursday June 28th.
Observed Equal Altitudes of ☉, with Sextant,[13]
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A.M. | 8. | 9. | 42. | P.M. | 4. | 1. | 50. |
". | 10. | 59. | ". | 3. | 9.5 | ||
". | 12. | 26. | ". | 4. | 35.5 | ||
Altd. by Sextant at the time of Observtn. | 76°. | 16′. | 52″. | ||||
Meridian altd. of ☉'s L. L. with Octant by the back observation |
36°. | 31′. | —″. | ||||
Latitude deduced from this obst. | 39°. | 5′. | 25″.7. |
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