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Report of a Mission to Yarkund in 1873 : vol.1 |
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SPECIMEN COPY OF COMPUTATION OF ONE DAY'S OBSERVATIONS FOR LONGITUDE AT KASHGHAR. Computation of Longitude from Lunar Zenith Distances. At Kashghar ( Yangi-Shahr) Station, on 28th December 1873 ( Civil Date, P.M.) -(Continued.) |
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OBSERVATIONS FOR LONGITUDE AT KASHGHAR.-(Continued.)
from Lunar Zenith Distances.
28th December 1873 (Civil Date, P.M. )
° //
6 15 Barometer = B = 25.6 Inches.
5k. 5m. in time Thermometer = T = 18° (Fahrenheit.)
4 | 5 | 6 | 7 8 | 9 | 10 | |
P8670 | T•8691 | T•8725 | T•8743 | 1.8768 | T•8786 | T•8812 |
00366 | 00412 | 0 0488 | 0.0528 | 0.0586 | 0.0627 | 0.0689 |
T.9904 | T•9903 | 1•9903 | T•9903 | 1.9903 | ' T•9902 | T'9902 |
0.3336 | 0•3336 | 0.3336 | 0.3336 | 0.3339 | 0.3339 | 0.3339 |
11761 | 1•1761 | 11761 | 1•1761 | 1.1761 | 1•1761 | 1.1761 |
15367 | 1•5412 | 15488 | 1•5528 | 1•5589 | 1.5629 | 15691 |
1.1644 | 1•1643 | 1.1641 | 1•1640 | 1•1638 | 1•1637 | 1.1635 |
T 6277 | T•6231 | T•6153 | 1•6112 | 1.6049 | T•6008 | P5944 |
1424 | l'420 | 1412 | 1.409 | 1.403 | 1399 | 1•393 |
19s. | 208. | 24s. | 188. | 248. | 37s | 26s. |
4m. 41s. | 4m. 40s. | 4m. 36s. | 4m. 42s. | 4m. 36s. | 4m. 23s. | 4m. 34s. |
Mean resulting longitude from observations on 28th December 1873-5k. 4m. 36s. or 76° 9' 0".
Table used to facilitate the computation.
Long. E. = Ll = - 76
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TABLE I for A S |
| TABLE II for A it | ||||
1 X m a.•-- .- Mai~ | Horizontal semi- | a; ..3 | Equatorial 53' | 61' | ||
14' 0" | 17' 0" | |||||
o | // | / | o | If | I/ | |
0 | 12.7 | 18.8 |
| 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
10 | 125 | ]8 6 |
| 10 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
20 | 12.0 | 17.7 |
| 20 | 1•2 | 14 |
30 | 11.0 | 16.3 |
| 30 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
40 | 97 | 14'4 |
| 40 | 4.4 | 51 |
50 | 82 | 12.1 |
| 50 | 6.2 | 7.2 |
60 | 6.4 | 9'5 |
| 60 | 8.0 | 9.2 |
70 | 4.4 | 6.5 |
| 70 | 9.4 , | 10.8 |
80 | 2.3 | 3.4 |
| 80 | 103 | 11.9 |
90 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| 90 | 10.6 | 122 |
TABLE III for A =D (1-f)
0
5
10
15
20
25 80 35 40 45 50
53'
61'
//
0.0
1.8
3.7
5.5
7.2
8.9 10.6 12.1 13.6 149 16.2
If
0.0
2.1
4.2
6.3
8.3 10.3 12.1 13.9 15.6 172 18.6
D •
Example. =300•5'
r =56'•7, = 7°
From Tables
D= 1l."•5
-fD= - 1.2
0
5 10 15 20 25 30
f
00 '00
02
03
06
09 1.3
A =10
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