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 ...Budd & Bartram, 1803 - 451 من الصفحات |
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... Magnifying power of the telescope 120-2 being very low , and attended with an uncommon tremour , which rendered the obfervation fomewhat doubtful . Flying clouds all day , but disappeared in the evening . Thermometer 11 ° at fun rife ...
... Magnifying power of the telescope 120-2 being very low , and attended with an uncommon tremour , which rendered the obfervation fomewhat doubtful . Flying clouds all day , but disappeared in the evening . Thermometer 11 ° at fun rife ...
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... Magnifying power of the telescope 120 . Clear a fhort time about noon . Thermo- meter 17 ° at fun rife , rofe in the afternoon to 45 ° . Cloudy with light fnow during the day.— Clear in the evening . Thermometer 32 ° in the morning ...
... Magnifying power of the telescope 120 . Clear a fhort time about noon . Thermo- meter 17 ° at fun rife , rofe in the afternoon to 45 ° . Cloudy with light fnow during the day.— Clear in the evening . Thermometer 32 ° in the morning ...
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... magnifying power of the telescope 120 . Equal altitudes of the Sun. A. M. Sh 54 41 ′′ . P. M. 3h 13 ′ 49 ′′ . Clock removed from the tent , into a house where I went to refide myself , but on account of the fickness which prevailed on ...
... magnifying power of the telescope 120 . Equal altitudes of the Sun. A. M. Sh 54 41 ′′ . P. M. 3h 13 ′ 49 ′′ . Clock removed from the tent , into a house where I went to refide myself , but on account of the fickness which prevailed on ...
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... magnifying power 120 . Equal altitudes of the Sun. h / // h / A. M. 8 53 21.5 . P. M. 3 5 17.5 . Doubtful 2 or 3 feconds . Equal altitudes of the Sun. A. M. 8h 59 ′ 44 ′′ • P. M. 2 58 ′ 35 ′′ . Immerfion of the 1ft fatellite of 24 ...
... magnifying power 120 . Equal altitudes of the Sun. h / // h / A. M. 8 53 21.5 . P. M. 3 5 17.5 . Doubtful 2 or 3 feconds . Equal altitudes of the Sun. A. M. 8h 59 ′ 44 ′′ • P. M. 2 58 ′ 35 ′′ . Immerfion of the 1ft fatellite of 24 ...
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... magnifying power 120 . Equal altitudes of the Sun. A. M. 9h 30 ' 44 " . P. M. 2h 37 ' 48 " . Thermometer rofe to 78 ° . - Musquitoes very troublesome at night . Thermometer 50 ° at fun rife , fell to 47 ° .- Cloudy . Thermometer 22 ° at ...
... magnifying power 120 . Equal altitudes of the Sun. A. M. 9h 30 ' 44 " . P. M. 2h 37 ' 48 " . Thermometer rofe to 78 ° . - Musquitoes very troublesome at night . Thermometer 50 ° at fun rife , fell to 47 ° .- Cloudy . Thermometer 22 ° at ...
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1ft fatellite 2d fatellite afternoon ANDREW ELLICOTT Andromeda appeared arrived Baron de Corondelet Bayou Belts diftinct boat Borealis boundary Caftor Pollux Capt Catholic Majesty Chattahocha clock Cloudy coast Commandant committee Coro Creek Eaft eaſt East Florida Emerfion encamped Equal altitudes escort fatellite of 24 favour feconds Flint river Florida fmall fector fouth fun rife fun riſe GAYOSO DE LEMOS Governor Gayoso Greenwich Gulf of Mexico Gulf Stream Hawkins humble servant Hutchins immediately Indians informed inhabitants island land latitude letter longitude Lyræ magnifying power 120 MANUEL GAYOSO Mary's Means meridian miles Mississippi morning mouth of Flint Natchez night Nutations o'clock P. M. O's preceding limb obfervatory Obferved zenith diſtance Orleans Pegafi Pensacola perches rain Refult rofe roſe Sector Weft Sextant ſmall Spanish Subfequent swamp Tauri teleſcope Thermometer third fibre tion treaty United vessel Walnut Hills weft Weſt wind