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Lunar observations.]
APPENDIX.
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TABLE II. (Reference from p. 84.)
Longitude of the south point of Lucky Bay, Archipelago of the Recherche.
| Appt. Greenwich time of the observations. | Place. | Longit. E. from Naut. Alm. | Reduction by two time keepers. | E. Longitude of Lucky Bay. | Correction | Correct Longit. of Lucky Bay. | Whence deduced. | Observer. | |||||||||||
| for errors in tables | Interv. of ☾'s error. | ||||||||||||||||||
| ° | ′ | ″ | ° | ′ | ″ | ' | ″ | ° | ′ | ″ | |||||||||
| 1802 Jan. ʰ ′ 9 at 17 56 |
On the South Pt. — — — — |
122 122 122 122 122 122 |
30 29 33 34 38 41 |
45 30 15 45 45 15 |
122 122 122 122 122 122 |
30 29 33 34 38 41 |
45 30 15 45 45 15 |
−6 — — — — — |
15 |
One day — — — — — |
122 122 122 122 122 122 |
24 28 27 28 32 35 |
30 15 0 30 30 0 |
ʘ W. ☾ — — — — — |
C — — — — — | ||||
| 27 at 13 28 | At sea. — — — — — |
132 131 131 131 131 131 |
0 51 51 47 50 52 |
45 15 0 0 15 45 |
° − 9 |
' 30 — — — — — |
" 55 |
122 122 122 122 122 122 |
29 20 20 16 19 21 |
50 20 5 5 20 50 |
−8 — — — — — |
45 |
As on 27th there being no other obs. until Feb 5. — |
122 122 122 122 122 122 |
21 11 11 7 10 13 |
5 35 20 20 35 5 |
ʘ E. ☾ — — — — — |
C — — — — — | |
| 28 at 14 42 | On shore at Fowler's Bay. — |
132 132 132 132 |
30 24 19 19 |
45 30 30 15 |
−10 |
13 — — — |
38 |
122 122 122 122 |
17 10 5 5 |
7 52 52 37 |
−8 — — — |
30 |
Ditto. — — — |
122 122 121 121 |
8 2 57 57 |
37 22 22 7 |
Ditto. — — — |
F — — — | |
| Longitude from sixteen sets of lunar distances, | Uncorrected | 122 | 23 | 27,1 | Corrected | 122 | 15 | 42,1 | |||||||||||
| Longitude of the south point from the two time keepers. | ||||
On Jan. 9 at 15ʰ 51′ of Greenwich time, and using the King-George's-Sound rates, the mean longitude was
|
122° | 15″ | 48″ | |
| Correction for variation in the rates found at Pt Lincoln, | −0 | 24,1 | ||
| Correction for supplemental error during 9 days, | −1 | 10,2 | ||
| Corrected longitude, taken preferably to that above, | 122 | 14 | 13,7 | east |
