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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![December 30 and 31, 1841. December 30 and 31, 1841. M. Gbtt.' Time. Decl. Hor. Force. Vert. Force. M. Gbtt. Time. Decl. Hor. Force. Vert. Force. d. h. m. s. Sc.-Div. Sc.-Div“. Ther. Sc.-Div”*. Ther. d. h. m. s. Sc.-Div®. Sc.-Div”®. Ther. Sc.-Div“®. Ther. 0 o o o 30 11 5 0 19-9 30 15 0 0 18-3 48-6 66 35-9 65 10 0 19-8 45*5 35-3 16 0 0 18-6 49-9 66 35-5 65 15 0 19-7 18 0 0 17-4 50-6 65 36*4 65 20 0 19-0 46-0 35-4 19 30 0 17-8 51-5 65 35-7 65 25 0 19-0 20 0 0 17'4 51-6 65 36-1 65 30 0 19-0 46-5 35-4 20 30 0 16-0 51-8 65 35’9 64 35 0 19-0 22 0 0 14-2 54-1 65 35-3 65 40 0 18-9 46-2 35-2 23 0 0 16-2 53-2 65 35-8 65 45 0 18-9 31 0 0 0 17-9 53-8 65 36-5 65 50 0 18-6 45-5 34-8 2 0 0 16-9 50-9 66 37-8 66 55 # 0 18-4 3 0 0 17-5 51-0 66 37-9 67 12 0 0 18-6 45-7 66 35-1 66 4 0 0 18-0 51-9 68 37-6 67 5 0 18-8 5 0 0 18-6 51-0 67 37*1 67 10 0 18-6 45-9 35-5 6 0 0 19-0 48-5 68 37-5 67 15 0 18-1 8 0 0 18-4 50-9 67 36-3 67 20 0 18-1 46-0 35-2 10 0 0 20-0 53-9 67 35-7 66 25 0 18-0 11 0 0 19-7 53 9 67 36-3 66 30 0 18'0 46-0 34-8 12 0 0 19-6 53-2 66 35-6 66 35 0 18-0 13 0 0 19'7 52*9 66 35-5 66 40 0 n-9 45-9 34-6 14 0 0 19*8 53-4 66 35-3 65 45 0 n-9 15 0 0 19-9 54-3 66 50 0 17-9 46-1 34*5 16 0 0 19*8 55-2 65 34-9 65 55 0 17-9 18 0 0 18-3 57-2 65 34-8 64 13 0 0 17-9 46-9 66 34-5 66 19 30 0 17'4 56-9 5 0 17-8 20 0 0 15-0 57-9 65 34-6 64 10 0 17-8 46-1 35-6 20 30 0 18-8 58-8 15 0 17-0 22 0 0 11-9 59-5 65 Vibr“. 20 0 16-6 45-2 34-6 23 0 0 12-8 58-8 65 33-9 65 25 0 16-7 30 0 16-9 46-0 35’8 The Mean Positions at the same hours during the Month 35 0 16-7 are given in page 104. 40 0 17-1 46-2 35*8 45 0 17'1 50 0 17'6 46-8 36-8 Island OF Decl. 1 Scale Division — 3'’ 00 55 0 17'8 Ascension ® H. F. k = -0003; 9- 14 0 0 17-9 47-0 66 36-8 65 5 0 18-0 Positions at the usual hours of observation, December 30. 10 0 18-0 47-0 36-8 15 0 18-1 30 0 0 0 52*5 82-4 82 20 0 18-1 47-1 35-8 1 0 0 53-5 83-4 82 25 0 18-1 2 0 0 51-5 78-5 82 30 0 18-1 47-7 Vibr. 3 0 0 52-0 74-5 82 35 0 18-1 4 0 0 52-6 74-0 82 40 0 18-2 48-0 35-9 5 0 0 52-6 72-1 82 45 0 18-2 6 0 0 53-2 67-6 81 50 0 18-2 48-0 .35-9 7 0 0 55-0 68-9 80 55 0 18-2 8 0 0 56'8 66-0 80 9 0 0 58-8 70-0 80 10 0 0 58-6 69-9 79 Positions at the usual hours of observation. 11 0 0 59-1 69-3 79 December 30 and 31. 12 0 0 59-0 70’0 79 13 0 0 58-3 70-0 79 30 0 0 0 19-9 72-7 65 32-8 65 2 0 0 24-0 600 66 34-3 65 Mean Positions at the same hours from December 24 to 3 0 0 22-0 57-0 67 343 66 December 30, inclusive. 4 0 0 18-2 56-3 67 34 7 67 5 0 0 19-5 1 48-1 67 36-0 67 0 0 0 55-3 76-6 82 6 0 0 17-9 37-9 67 36-2 67 1 0 0 55*1 76-8 82 8 0 0 190 34-0 67 36-2 66 2 0 0 54-1 74-0 83 10 0 0 20-0 43-0 67 36-6 66 3 0 0 53-5 74-2 82 11 0 0 20-0 45-0 66 35-3 66 4 0 0 53-3 75-1 82 12 0 0 18-6 45’7 66 35-1 66 5 0 0 53-2 74-0 82 13 0 0 17-9 1 46-9 66 34-5 66 6 0 0 53-4 72-3 82 14 0 0 17-9 47-0 66 36-8 65 7 0 0 54-6 72*3 81 December 30 and 31, 1841. M. Gbtt. Time. Decl. Hor. Force. Vert. Force. d. h. m. s. Sc.-Div”“. Sc.-Div“®. Ther. .Sc.-Dw“. Ther. 8 0 0 55-5 72-2 o 81 o 9 0 0 56’6 73-0 81 10 0 0 57-1 73-0 81 11 0 0 57-6 74-4 81 12 0 0 57-5 73-2 81 13 0 0 57-7 73-4 81 Decl. ] Scale Division = 0' -75 V^AJFt. ur 1 Good Hope H. F. A: = -00018; V. F. A: = -000035 CO o o o IIII Positions at the usual hours of observation, December 30 and 31. 30 0 0 0 50-8 84-9 68 49-9 68 1 0 0 53-7 81-5 68 2 0 0 53-0 72-3 69 102-1 68 3 0 0 50-2 69-2 69 4 0 0 49-2 73-0 69 103-7 69 5 0 0 46-4 66-5 69 6 0 0 46-2 51-5 69 152-6 69 7 0 0 44-0 55-0 69 8 0 0 43-4 52-0 69 155-6 68 9 0 0 41-0 63-1 68 10 0 0 42-4 63’6 68 119-4 68 11 0 0 43-0 66-2 68 12 0 0 40-8 68-1 68 119-5 68 13 0 0 40-5 68-5 68 14 0 0 41-8 66-3 68 113-2 67 15 0 0 42-0 67-1 68 16 0 0 42-5 69'0 67 106-9 67 17 0 0 42-1 70-0 67 18 0 0 41-1 70-2 67 111-7 67 19 0 0 40-0 72*1 67 20 0 0 39-0 72-7. 67 124-2 67 21 0 0 380 74-0 67 22 0 0 39-0 72*9 67 115-8 67 23 0 0 39-9 73-4 67 31 0 0 0 42-2 75-2 67 94-3 66 1 0 0 43-0 72-1 68 2 0 0 42-9 71-4 68 97-8 68 3 0 0 44-0 71-2 68 4 0 0 43-5 1 71-0 69 96-8 68 5 0 0 43-0 68-9 69 6 0 0 42-0 65-5 70 109-1 69 7 0 0 42-7 66-0 70 8 0 0 43-5 67-4 70 98-7 69 9 0 0 44-2 69-2 69 10 0 0 44-5 73-1 69 103-6 68 11 0 0 44-2 72-7 68 12 0 0 44-5 71-8 68 100-6 68 13 0 0 44-0 71-8 67 105-1 67 14 0 0 440 71-8 67 107-7 67 15 0 0 44-1 72-8 67 102-1 67 16 0 0 44'6 1 74-9 67 100-2 67 17 0 0 43-8 76-3 66 100-8 66 18 0 0 42-6 79-3 66 100-5 66 19 0 0 41-7 79-3 66 406-9 66 20 0 0 39'8 80-8 66 107-4 66 21 0 0 37-0 79-9 66 104-5 66 22 0 0 39-1 74-2 66 84-8 67 23 0 0 43-1 70-3 67 75-7 67 The Mean Positions at the same hours during the Month are given in page 102. Observations made by Captain William Allen, R.N., Commanding H.M. Steamer Wdberforce, with Weber's transportable magnetometer.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22007568_0134.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)