. Appendix to Captain Parry's journal of a second voyage [microform] : for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, performed in His Majesty's ships Fury and Hecla in the years 1821-22-23. Science; Botany; Sciences; Botanique. M OCCULTATIONS Of StARS 11? THE TLBIADES BY THE MOON, 1822—3. 283 DATE. Mean Time at Place. Star. ; '. REMARKS. ( 1822—March 26 H. M. 8. 7 19 40 X Pleid. Immersion in S. part of Moon's dark limb—distinct and in- stantaneous. Observed at the observatory, Winter Island. 182S—Jan. 21 8 17 21 Taygau. Immersion in Moon's dark limb—doubtful to 2
. Appendix to Captain Parry's journal of a second voyage [microform] : for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, performed in His Majesty's ships Fury and Hecla in the years 1821-22-23. Science; Botany; Sciences; Botanique. M OCCULTATIONS Of StARS 11? THE TLBIADES BY THE MOON, 1822—3. 283 DATE. Mean Time at Place. Star. ; '. REMARKS. ( 1822—March 26 H. M. 8. 7 19 40 X Pleid. Immersion in S. part of Moon's dark limb—distinct and in- stantaneous. Observed at the observatory, Winter Island. 182S—Jan. 21 8 17 21 Taygau. Immersion in Moon's dark limb—doubtful to 2 or 8 seconds. Observed at the observatory, Igloolik. V »» 8 20 f) Maia. Ditto— distinct and instantaneous. j> j» 8 48 49 120 Mayer. Ditto— doubtful to 2 or 8 seconds. W 9t 8 44 30 119 „ Extremity of Moon's upper Cusp exactly in contact wiili •. »» J» 9 5 7 122 „ Immersion in Moon":, dark limb—doubtful to 4 or 5 seconds. »» »» 9 12 5».5 « Pleid. Ditto— very distinct and instantaneous. » « 8 57 12 Taygata. Emersion—tolerably distinct. •» »» 9 22 52 Mala. Ditto— doubtful to 8 or 9 seconds. •» f 9 41 7 » Pleid. Ditto— doubtful to 2 or .S .• Among other objects had in view during this Expedition, was the determina- tion of the position of the planet Mars, by means of a reference to fixed stars near the path of its orbit, at the time of its opposition in February, 1822, in order to determine its parallax by a comparison with other observations; but I regret that I was not able to eflPect this, as the weather was not sufficiently clear as to render the stars visible when the wires of the micrometer werr sufficiently illuminated to make them distinct. i, -i !. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Parry, William Edward, Sir, 1790-1855
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