Observations on days of unusual magnetic disturbance, made at British Colonial Magnetic Observatories, under the Departments of the Ordnance and Admiralty. Part 1.--1840-1841. / Printed ... under the superintendence of ... E. Sabine.
- Great Britain. Board of Ordnance
- Date:
- 1843
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Observations on days of unusual magnetic disturbance, made at British Colonial Magnetic Observatories, under the Departments of the Ordnance and Admiralty. Part 1.--1840-1841. / Printed ... under the superintendence of ... E. Sabine. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![October 8 and 9, 1841. Positions at the usual hours of observation, October 8 and 9. M. Gott. Time. Decl. Hor. Force. Vert. Force. d. h. m. S. Sc—Div“*. Sc.-Div“’. Ther. Sc.-Div®, Ther. 8 0 0 0 141-4 443-4 55 53-2 56 2 0 0 141-3 447-1 55 54-1 56 4 0 0 140-4 420-4 57 51-8 56 6 0 0 137-7 400-0 57 55-4 57 8 0 0 131-0 410-0 59 60-2 58 10 0 0 127-4 406-2 60 58-0 59 12 0 0 143-7 399-1 61 61-0 59 14 0 0 143-4 421-5 59 52-4 59 16 0 0 135-5 416-9 59 52-2 59 18 0 0 137-8 417-1 57 54-0 58 20 0 0 1.34-8 420-5 56 54-0 58 22 0 0 139-5 431-0 55 55-8 56 9 0 0 0 140-0 438*7 55 55-8 56 2 0 0 141-5 432-0 55 58-1 56 4 0 0 138-8 417-5 57 54-9 57 6 0 0 131-5 409-1 58 53-6 57 8 0 0 1.32-8 433-5 59 56-2 58 10 0 0 143-0 .398-5 60 57-1 59 12 0 0 135-7 402-2 59 61-0 58 14 0 0 138-6 397-1 59 55-5 60 16 0 0 139-9 410-0 58 52-5 59 Mean Positions at the same hours during the Month. 0 0 0 138-2 442-4 52 56-9 53 2 0 0 140-4 436-3 52 58-3 53 4 0 0 138-6 427-3 53 57-3 53 6 0 0 1.31-2 421-4 54 57-5 54 8 0 0 130-5 430-4 55 57-9 55 10 0 0 134-1 434-6 56 57-4 56 12 0 0 137-6 433-6 56 57-1 56 14 0 0 139-7 432-4 55 56-9 56 16 0 0 139-8 432-1 55 56-5 55 18 0 0 438-7 '432-1 53 54-9 54 20 0 0 139-7 438-8 53 53-9 54 22 0 0 |139-7 441-5 52 55-5 53 Decl. 1 Scale Division =0'- 71 St. Helena < H. F.A = -00019 : n '00025 V. Fy Extra observations. The H. F. was observed at 2’. 30’. after tbe times specified. 8 8 5 0 20-5 38-0 62 10 0 20-6 38-0 15 0 20-7 38-0 20 0 20-7 37-9 25 0 20-8 37-9 30 0 20-9 37-8 35 0 20-8 37-4 40 0 21-0 37-9 45 0 21-1 38-2 50 0 21-6 38-4 55 0 21-8 39-0 9 0 0 22-4 40-0 63 5 0 22-7 40-4 10 0 22-9 41-1 15 0 22-9 41-2 October 8 and 9, 1841. M. Gbtt. Time. d. h. m. 8 9 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 10 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 Decl. Sc.-Div“*. 22-9 22- 9 23- 0 23-1 23-3 23*2 23-1 23-0 23-0 23-0 23-0 23-1 23-2 23- 9 24- 0 24*0 24-0 24-0 23-9 23-2 Sc.-Div”’. 41-2 41-2 Hor. Force. 41- 1 40-4 40-0 39-0 38-1 38-0 .38-0 38- 9 39- 0 40- 0 40-9 41'0 42- 0 42-0 42-0 42-0 42-1 Tlier. 63 Vert. Force. Sc.-Div®. Ther. Positions at the usual hours of observation, October 8 and 9. 0 0 0 25-7 62-9 61 2 0 0 26-9 56-9 62 3 0 0 25-2 55-9 64 4 0 0 24-0 55-0 63 5 0 0 23-0 51-0 64 6 0 0 21-6 44-6 63 8 0 0 20-6 38-0 62 10 0 0 23-0 38-0 63 11 0 0 23-0 43-0 63 12 0 0 22-1 45-5 62 13 0 0 21-7 44-0 62 14 0 0 22-9 47-2 61 15 0 0 22-2 47-2 61 16 0 0 : 22-4 48-7 6] 19 30 0 22-9 52-0 60 20 0 0 22-0 52-7 61 20 30 0 21 -2 53-4 61 22 0 0 22-0 57-9 61 23 0 0 23-3 57-4 61 0 0 0 24-6 57-6 62 2 0 0 25-1 55-1 63 3 0 0 26-3 54-4 63 4 0 0 24-0 53-9 63 5 0 0 24-0 51-8 63 6 0 0 23-0 51-5 65 8 0 0 24-0 51-1 65 10 0 0 26-0 52-2 62 11 0 0 23-4 47-3 62 12 0 0 25-7 46-7 62 13 0 0' 231 49-3 62 Mean Positions at tbe same hours during the Month. 0 0 0 22-3 61-8 61 2 0 0 23-9 59-0 62 3 0 0 22-9 57-2 63 * Saturday midnight at Toronto. V. F. magnet not in adjustment. ' Saturday midnight at St. Helena. October 8 and 9, 1841. M. Gdtt. Time, Decl. Hor. Force. Vert. Force. d. h. m. 8. Sc.-Div’. Sc.-Div”’. Ther. Sc.-Div“^ Ther. o 0 4 0 0 21-2 56-1 63 5 0 0 20-3 53-7 63 6 0 0 20-5 52-7 63 8 0 0 21-6 51-0 62 10 0 0 22-3 52-0 62 11 0 0 22-5 52-0 62 12 0 0 22-5 53-1 61 13 0 0 22-2 54-2 61 14 0 0 21-7 54-6 61 15 0 0 21-7 55-0 61 16 0 0 21-6 55-5 61 18 0 0 21-6 55-7 61 19 30 0 20-8 55-5 61 20 0 0 20-1 56-1 61 20 30 0 19-5 55-7 61 22 0 0 19-7 60-0 61 23 0 0 21-4 57-3 61 Decl. 1 Scale Division = O'- 75 Good Hope j H. F. k V. F.d = -000180; ^ = '0003 Positions at the usual hours of observation, October 8 and 9. 8 0 0 0 55-5 67*0 62 1 0 0 56-9 65-7 62 2 0 0 56-5 65-9 62 3 0 0 55-1 67-0 63 4 0 0 54-5 65-4 63 5 0 0 52-5 60-9 63 6 0 0 52-2 53-7 63 7 0 0 48-0 52-0 63 8 0 0 46-5 52-0 63 9 0 0 49-0 54-0 63 10 0 0 50-4 52-3 62 11 0 0 50-4 60-0 62 12 0 0 50-5 63-0 62 13 0 0 49-0 62-2 62 14 0 0 51-8 61-9 62 15 0 0 50-0 61-0 62 16 0 0 50-4 61-2 62 17 0 0 50-0 63-5 62 18 0 0 50-4 65-9 62 19 0 0 49-2 66-8 62 20 0 0 49-1 66-3 61 21 0 0 50-8 66-0 61 22 0 0 52-9 68-0 61 23 0 0 53-5 66-4 61 9 0 0 0 54-9 67-2 61 1 0 0 55-1 67-0 61 2 0 0 55-0 66-7 61 3 0 0 55-5 66-3 61 4 0 0 52-8 65-2 61 5 0 0 53-2 63-5 61 6 0 0 53-2 63-6 61 7 0 0 52-0 66-4 61 8 0 0 53-2 66-0 61 9 0 0 52-9 65-5 61 10 0 0 56-0 69-0 61 11 0 0' 51-0 65-3 61 <* V. F. magnet not in satisfactory adjustment. ® Saturday midnight at the Cape of Good Hope. N](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22007568_0117.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)