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Eccentricity of the Sextant by Frederic Furbish, 1893

Eccentricity of the Sextant by Frederic Furbish, 1893, Page 91

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     Place the letter R (Rejected) in every unfilled space on line with the number of the rejected observation. Here observations 1, 4 and 13 are rejected. They are not placed in the columns headed "Observed Times" and "observed Double Altitudes" because the reason for rejection may often be found on the "face of the [illegible][returns or r times?][/illegible]" so to speak
     Begin with observation No 2.
     The clock correction Δt = -4[8 or 9?].17s is recorded in the last space of the "Corrected Times" columns. Subtracting this from 13h 11m 57s gives 13h 11m 8.83s the corrected time of No. 2. This is placed on the line marked 2 in the "Corrected Times" column. 
     The Index Correction +1'28" is written in the last spaces of the column headed "Corrected Double Altitudes" Add this, for it is positive, to 75°23'50"

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[page][illegible][/page] Place the letter R (Rejected) in every unfilled space on line with the number of the rejected observation. Here observations 1, 4 and 13 are rejected. They are not placed in the columns headed "Observed Times" and "observed Double Altitudes" because the reason for rejection may often be found on the "face of the [illegible][returns or r times?][/illegible]" so to speak Begin with observation No 2. The clock correction Δt = -4[8 or 9?].17s is recorded in the last space of the "Corrected Times" columns. Subtracting this from 13h 11m 57s gives 13h 11m 8.83s the corrected time of No. 2. This is placed on the line marked 2 in the "Corrected Times" column. The Index Correction +1'28" is written in the last spaces of the column headed "Corrected Double Altitudes" Add this, for it is positive, to 75°23'50"