==: Index error of sextant. -3' 10''. Approximate temp. 42° F. Approximate bar. 29.6. inches. Upernavik, July 22, 1853. Station in garden near the Governor's house. The observations are uncertain, on account of the imperfect image reflected from the artificial horizon, the molasses being covered with a film. (A set of observations for azimuth of Sanderson's Hope is here omitted for want of time observations.) Approximate temperature 39° Fah., barometer 29.5 inches. Mr. Sonntag 1 Position according to Capt. Inglefield: Lat. 72° 46′ 51". Long. 56° 02′ 46'' W. of Greenwich. obtained the result for latitude 72° 50'; a better observation August 26, 1855, by means of a mercurial horizon, gave 72° 46′.2. Fog Inlet, or Refuge Harbor,1 August 10, 1853. Station on southwest end of inner harbor. Approximate latitude 78° 31'. Approximate longitude 73° 50'. 27 30 4' 50''. Approximate temperature 32° F. Approximate barometer 29.7 inches. Chronometer time. 4 25 Fog Inlet, or Refuge Harbor, August 11, 1853. Combining the first four observations with the following four observations, we obtain the readings for OW. and O E.; the last four observations furnish similar quantities, but the resulting latitude from the first combination has the weight 2, from the last combination the weight 1. Bedevilled Reach (station afterwards called Cape Inglefield), August 12, 1853. Approximate long. 720 W. of Gr. Approximate temp. 33° F. Approximate bar. 29.7 inches. Bedevilled Reach (Station Cape Inglefield), August 12, 1853. Theodolite observations for time. (NOTE.-Between the 13th and 14th there were two more observations taken, for which, however, there is no need.) Atmospheric temperature and pressure as above. August 23, 1853. Station 3 miles E. S. E. from the brig (either in Force Bay or Van Rensselaer |