A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 - Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History - of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and - Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the - Present T by Robert Kerr
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on mean time, was 9",6; and, on the
2d February, 1779, it was 14^h 41' 1" too slow for mean time. The variation of the compass, by azimuths, observed on shore with four different compasses 8 6 0 E. The variation of the compass, by azimuths, observed on board the Resolution, with four different compasses 7 32 0 E. Dip of the north /Balanced needle\ 40 22 30 E. pole of the magnetic | | needle on | Unbalanced, or | shore, with \ plain needle / 40 41 15 E. Dip of the north /Balanced needle\ 41 50 0 E. pole of the magnetic | | needle on | Unbalanced | 40 30 5 E. board, with \ needle / _A Table of the Latitude and Longitude of the Sandwich Islands_. Latitude. Longitude. /The north point 20° 17' 204° 2' Owhyhee | South point 18 55 204 15 | East point 19 35 205 6 \Karakakooa Bay 19 28 204 0 /East point 20 50 204 4 Mowee < South point 20 34 203 48 \West point 20 54 203 24 Morokinnee 20 39 203 33 |
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