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Wednesday August 15th.
Observed Equal Altitudes of the ☉, with Sextant.[32]
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| A. M. | 8. | 0. | 29. | P.M. | 3. | 28. | 42. |
| ". | 1. | 52. | ". | 30. | 11. | ||
| ". | 3. | 28. | ". | 31. | 38. | ||
| Altd. by Sextant at the time of this observt. | 68°. | 45′. | 45″. |
Observed meridian Altd. of ☉'s L. L. with Octant by the back observt.
61°. 27′.—″
Latitude deduced from this observt. 42° 15′. 13″.4
| VII. Astronomy Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 | |