The Journal of Andrew Ellicott,: Late Commissioner on Behalf of the United States During Part of the Year 1796, the Years 1797, 1798, 1799, and Part of the Year 1800: for Determining the Boundary Between the United States and the Possessions of His Catholic Majesty in America, Containing Occasional Remarks on the Situation, Soil, Rivers, Natural Productions, and Diseases of the Different Countries on the Ohio, Mississippi, and Gulf of Mexico, with Six Maps ... : To which is Added an Appendix, Containing All the Astronomical Observations Made Use of for Determining the Boundary ... Likewise a Great Number of Thermometrical Observations ... |
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... 33 34-2 Ν . 37 7.5 N. O Tauri . Face of the Sector East . Caftor . 1796 . Dec. 31ft . 1797. Jan. 3d . 4th . 8th . 9th . 4th . 4th . 5th .. 6th . 7th . The immersion of the 3d fatellite of 24 was observed THERMOMETRICAL OBSERVATIONS . 6.
... 33 34-2 Ν . 37 7.5 N. O Tauri . Face of the Sector East . Caftor . 1796 . Dec. 31ft . 1797. Jan. 3d . 4th . 8th . 9th . 4th . 4th . 5th .. 6th . 7th . The immersion of the 3d fatellite of 24 was observed THERMOMETRICAL OBSERVATIONS . 6.
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... Means 4 52 17 72 58 9 5th . Observed zenith distance of Pollux do . do . do . Caftor Pollux ẞ Tauri 0 , " 3 s . 2 58 • 45 56 N. 3 03 I S. 7 59 s . . 3 6th . Equal altitudes of the Sun. A. Μ . C 6th . THERMOMETRICAL OBSERVATIONS . 13.
... Means 4 52 17 72 58 9 5th . Observed zenith distance of Pollux do . do . do . Caftor Pollux ẞ Tauri 0 , " 3 s . 2 58 • 45 56 N. 3 03 I S. 7 59 s . . 3 6th . Equal altitudes of the Sun. A. Μ . C 6th . THERMOMETRICAL OBSERVATIONS . 13.
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... Caftor Pollux 3 2 0 45 56 N. 56 9th . Turned the face of the sector weft . Observed zenith distance of Pollux 10th . do . Caftor . do . . Pollux 0 3 4 Ο S 。 44 55 N- 3 3 59 S. 11th , 12th , and 13th . Cloudy with conftant , but not ...
... Caftor Pollux 3 2 0 45 56 N. 56 9th . Turned the face of the sector weft . Observed zenith distance of Pollux 10th . do . Caftor . do . . Pollux 0 3 4 Ο S 。 44 55 N- 3 3 59 S. 11th , 12th , and 13th . Cloudy with conftant , but not ...
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... Caftor Pollux . 3 44 57 3 56 N. The observed times , and distances of the O's and ' s nearest limbs . Times . Distances . h " 0 20 57 41 109 43 40 20 59 55 21 I 44 21 2 51 : 21 4 35 109 42 30 109 41 20 Error of the Sextant o " . 109 40 ...
... Caftor Pollux . 3 44 57 3 56 N. The observed times , and distances of the O's and ' s nearest limbs . Times . Distances . h " 0 20 57 41 109 43 40 20 59 55 21 I 44 21 2 51 : 21 4 35 109 42 30 109 41 20 Error of the Sextant o " . 109 40 ...
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... Caftor June 12th . 17th . 26th . 0 ° 44 ′ 56 ′′ N. From this time , till the 4th of June no at- tention was paid to the clock , it ran down feveral times . Equal altitudes of the Sun. A. M. 8h 58 ' 4 " . P. M. 3h 8 ′ 50 ′′ . Immersion ...
... Caftor June 12th . 17th . 26th . 0 ° 44 ′ 56 ′′ N. From this time , till the 4th of June no at- tention was paid to the clock , it ran down feveral times . Equal altitudes of the Sun. A. M. 8h 58 ' 4 " . P. M. 3h 8 ′ 50 ′′ . Immersion ...
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24 obſerved 2d fatellite afternoon ANDREW ELLICOTT Andromedę appeared arrived Baron de Corondelet Bayou boat Borealis boundary Caftor Capt Catholic Majesty Chattahocha clock Cloudy coast Commandant committee Coro Creek east East Florida Emerfion Emersion encamped Equal altitudes escort fatellite favour firſt fibre Flint river Florida fouth fun rife GAYOSO DE LEMOS Governor Gayoso Greenwich Gulf of Mexico Gulf Stream Hawkins humble servant Hutchins immediately Indians informed inhabitants island iſt ſatellite land latitude letter longitude Lyrę magnifying power 120 MANUEL GAYOSO Mary's Means meridian miles Mississippi morning mouth of Flint Natchez night Nutations o'clock P. M. obfervatory Obſerved zenith diſtance Ohio Orleans Pegafi Pensacola perches Pollux preceding limb rain Reſult roſe ſatellite of 24 Sector Sextant ſmall ſector Spanish ſtar ſun riſe swamp Tauri teleſcope Thermometer rose third fibre tion treaty United vessel Walnut Hills weſt wind