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Title: Observations on the Coasts of Van Diemen's Land Author: Matthew Flinders * A Project Gutenberg Australia eBook * eBook No.: 0900121h.html Language: English Date first posted: March 2009 Date most recently updated: October 2012 (This html version) Produced by: Ned Overton Project Gutenberg Australia eBooks are created from printed editions which are in the public domain in Australia, unless a copyright notice is included. We do NOT keep any eBooks in compliance with a particular paper edition. Copyright laws are changing all over the world. Be sure to check the copyright laws for your country before downloading or redistributing this file. This eBook is made available at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg Australia License which may be viewed online at http://gutenberg.net.au/licence.htmlGO TO Project Gutenberg Australia HOME PAGE
Troughton | Adams | ||||||||
{Two sets of * Aldebaran { and two of the sun . . . |
east of the moon | 146° | 35' | 6 | " E. do. | 146° | 52' | 36 | " E. |
[Two sets of * Altair and [ two of the sun . . . |
west of the moon | 147 | 39 | 35 | do. | 147 | 36 | 28 | |
—— | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | ||
Longitude | 147 | 7 | 20 | E. | 147 | 14 | 32 | E. | |
—— | — | — | — | ||||||
Mean longitude | 147 | 10 | 56 | E. | |||||
{The variation of our azimuth compass, { by four sets of observations, was |
in November, 1798 | 7 | 33 | E. | |||||
By one set for a Troughton's theodolite, | it was | 8 | 30 | ||||||
— | — | — | |||||||
Mean variation | 8 | 1½ | E. |
Two sets of the sun | east of the moon | gives its longitude | 148° | 48' | 14 | " E. | |
Ditto sun | west of the moon | . . . . . . . . . . | 148 | 51 | 29 | ||
—— | — | — | — | ||||
Mean | 148 | 19 | 51 | E. | |||
—— | — | — | — | ||||
{The beginning and end of a lunar eclipse,
observed { at the east end of Preservation Island, place it in |
148 | 56 | 50 | E. | |||
—— | — | — | — | ||||
{Three sets of lunar observations, taken in
Kent's Bay, by { Mr. R. Simpson, of the snow Nautilus, give it |
148 | 35 | 51 | E. | |||
—— | — | — | — | ||||
{The before-given observations in Port Dalrymple,
being { reduced by the running survey to the Swan Isles, { from whence the peak of Cape Barren is in sight, { place the cape in |
148 | 33 | 00 | E. |