Schlagintweit, Hermann von; Schlagintweit, Adolf; Schlagintweit, Robert von: Results of a scientific mission to India and High Asia: undertaken between the years MDCCCLIV and MDCCCLVIII, by order of the court of directors of the hon. East India Company (Band 1): Astronomical determinations of latitudes and longitudes and magnetic observations: during a scientific mission to India and High Asia (Leipzig, 1861)

group iv. panjab, sindh, and kach

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DECLINATION.

1857, January 15, ll1' 38™ a.m. local time. Collimator 1; Theodolite 2, Jones; Chron. 3.

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Magnetic meridian....................-........ 8 30 • 5

True meridian (see p. 155) ...................... 6 4-3

Declination East .... 2 26-2

Dip.

1857, January 16, 9h45ma.m. local time.
Dip needle: No. 2. Temp.: 18°-6 C, 65°-5 Fahr.

End A.

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Face to instrument 40 52-0 ^ a = ^ 5^.8

Face reversed ... 40 57-6

End B.

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Face to instrument 40 38-0 ,r „ • ... .

Mean {$ = 40 41-3

Face reversed ... 40 44-6

Mean of the dip = = 40 48-05

Dip corrected for error of needle .... 40 48-40

No. 20. Lah6b, in the Panjab.

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Magnetic meridian............................ 28-3

True meridian (see p. 156)........................ 0 6-0

Declination East .... 22-3

Latitude North. Longitude East Green. Height. =_

31° 34' 5" 74° 14' 37" 790 feet. f_2

Near the Company's garden, clayey soil, but cultivated. See p. 156. ^t^_

Observer: Hermann.

DECLINATION.

1857, January 7, 4h 30m p.m. local time. Collimator 1; Theodolite 2, Jones; Chron. 3.