Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake Volume I Part 24

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November 1849 : 81 9 : 84 8 : 79.

During the above period, the highest and lowest temperatures recorded by the self-registering maximum and minimum thermometer are, for October 1848, 88 and 73 degrees; for October 1849, 83.8 .and 77 degrees; and for November 1849, 88 and 76 degrees.

APPENDIX 1.

OBSERVATIONS ON THE TEMPERATURE OF THE SEA, MADE DURING THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. RATTLESNAKE, DECEMBER 1846 TO JULY 1847,

BY LIEUTENANT J. DAYMAN, R.N. LIEUTENANT AND a.s.sISTANT SURVEYOR.



COLUMN 1: DATE.

COLUMN 2: POSITION OF s.h.i.+P. LAt.i.tUDE IN DEGREES AND MINUTES.

COLUMN 3: POSITION OF s.h.i.+P. LONGITUDE IN DEGREES AND MINUTES.

COLUMN 4: TEMPERATURE OF AIR.

COLUMN 5: TEMPERATURE OF SEA. SURFACE.

COLUMN 6: TEMPERATURE OF SEA. DEPTH IN FATHOMS.

COLUMN 7: TEMPERATURE OF SEA. DEPTH IN FATHOMS.

1846 December 17 : 34 52 N : 16 24 W : 59 : 61 : 61 132.

December 28 : 28 34 : 18 38 : 66 : 67 : 63 130.

December 30 : 23 22 : 20 58 : 68 : 69 : 66 66 : 61 190.

December 31 : 21 13 : 22 1 : 66 : 71 : 61 193.

1847 January 1 : 18 40 : 23 18 : 68 : 73 : 70 78 : 57 178.

January 2 : 15 28 : 23 22 : 72 : 73 : 53 180.

January 3 : 8 55 : 22 38 : 78 : 82 : 59 191.

January 5 : 6 28 : 22 39 : 82 : 84 : 51 185.

January 6 : 5 54 : 22 34 : 79 : 82 : 50 361.

January 7 : 5 8 : 22 19 : 82 : 83 : 49 340.

January 12 : 1 5 : 22 32 : 77 : 83 : 52 335.

January 14 : 2 37 S : 26 15 : 79 : 80 : 53 268.

January 15 : 5 9 : 27 51 : 78 : 80 : 54 153 : 60 293.

January 16 : 7 55 : 29 11 : 79 : 80 : 53 183 : 47 273.

January 17 : 12 49 : 32 23 : 79 : 81 : 80 59.

January 19 : 15 5 : 34 44 : 79 : 80 : 59 226 : 62 317.

January 20 : 17 48 : 36 20 : 80 : 81 : 67 132.

January 21 : 20 10 : 37 58 : 78 : 80 : 59 146 : 50 306.

February 4 : 26 7 : 40 30 : 66 : 77 : 60 231 : 51 351.

February 5 : 27 21 : 38 1 : 73 : 76 : 65 182 : 51 342.

February 8 : 30 52 : 36 48 : 71 : 73 : 61 200 : 51 360.

February 9 : 33 22 : 36 54 : 68 : 70 : 60 184 : 50 324.

February 10 : 35 21 : 35 31 : 68 : 68 : 62 168 : 49 309.

February 12 : 37 20 : 30 58 : 69 : 66 : 57 205 : 45 355.

February 13 : 36 50 : 27 50 : 66 : 66 : 62 215 : 45 370.

February 15 : 36 31 : 24 7 : 63 : 64 : 58 194 : 45 339.

February 16 : 36 7 : 21 4 : 59 : 66 : 55 196 : 47 336.

February 17 : 35 30 : 19 34 : 64 : 69 : 58 215 : 51 366.

February 18 : 36 47 : 18 47 : 64 : 68 : 57 128 : 50 257.

February 19 : 38 7 : 16 43 : 65 : 63 : 48 370.

February 21 : 37 54 : 10 28 : 59 : 62 : 53 205 : 43 345.

February 23 : 36 54 : 4 53 : 62 : 67 : 61 205 : 48 345.

February 24 : 34 42 : 4 15 : 69 : 70 : 51 364 : 44 650.

February 25 : 35 28 : 3 6 : 68 : 69 : 54 195 : 46 335.

February 26 : 36 57 : 1 31 : 65 : 67 : 53 195 : 49 335.

February 27 : 38 22 : 0 28 : 64 : 62 : 55 192 : 45 338.

March 1 : 38 25 : 4 1 E : 56 : 55 : 48 195 : 44 335.

March 3 : 36 47 : 10 24 : 63 : 66 : 54 208 : 46 348.

March 4 : 36 41 : 12 1 : 66 : 64 : 55 188 : 46 328.

March 5 : 36 22 : 13 40 : 66 : 68 : 52 217 : 46 367.

March 6 : 36 24 : 14 42 : 71 : 70 : 65 147 : 56 284.

April 13 : 36 17 : 26 43 : 61 : 68 : 62 215 : 60 360.

April 14 : 36 53 : 27 49 : 66 : 69 : 65 215 : 56 360.

April 15 : 38 10 : 29 39 : 67 : 69 : 67 205 : 58 350.

April 16 : 38 8 : 32 54 : 69 : 69 : 64 128 : 60 278.

April 19 : 37 49 : 39 50 : 64 : 59 : 51 266 : 53 316.

April 21 : 38 13 : 45 36 : 66 : 60 : 55 158 : 52 293.

April 24 : 34 24 : 54 14 : 60 : 64 : 60 157 : 58 287.

April 26 : 30 13 : 56 50 : 65 : 71 : 61 162 : 60 283.

April 27 : 28 16 : 57 18 : 70 : 73 : 60 210 : 57 360.

April 28 : 26 56 : 57 31 : 70 : 74 : 60 200 : 57 350.

May 1 : 25 48 : 61 6 : 74 : - : 62 165 : 59 320.

May 3 : 20 42 : 58 47 : 76 : 77 : 74 140 : 57 300.

May 18 : 21 53 : 56 45 : 77 : 77 : 63 182.

May 19 : 24 16 : 56 58 : 76 : 75 : 71 182.

May 20 : 26 9 : 58 45 : 74 : 71 : 63 140 : 73 360.

May 21 : 27 36 : 61 9 : 69 : 73 : 54 333.

May 22 : 28 6 : 63 30 : 68 : 69 : 53 300.

May 24 : 28 1 : 67 28 : 67 : 69 : 54 286.

May 25 : 29 49 : 67 14 : 66 : 66 : 54 360.

May 26 : 32 4 : 68 6 : 65 : 65 : 55 340.

May 27 : 33 48 : 70 11 : 63 : 63 : 54 350.

May 28 : 35 33 : 72 6 : 61 : 60 : 55 350.

May 29 : 36 6 : 74 15 : 60 : 59 : 52 350.

June 1 : 35 0 : 80 56 : 61 : 59 : 55 346.

June 6 : 36 42 : 97 54 : 55 : 56 : 51 320.

June 12 : 39 57 : 118 0 : 48 : 54 : 45 320.

June 14 : 40 46 : 123 26 : 49 : 53 : 48 380.

July 9 : 15 miles East of Cape Pillar, Van Diemen's Land : 53 : 55 : 48 375.

APPENDIX 2.

ABSTRACTS OF MERIDIAN DISTANCES MEASURED DURING THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S.

RATTLESNAKE, 1847 TO 1850, BY CAPTAIN OWEN STANLEY, R.N., F.R.S., AND LIEUTENANT C.B. YULE, R.N.

The following pages contain abstracts of the meridian distances measured in H.M. Surveying s.h.i.+p Rattlesnake and her tender the Bramble, in the survey of the Inner Route through Torres Strait, the Louisiade Archipelago, and the South-east Coast of New Guinea, during the years 1847, 1848, 1849 and 1850, under the command of the late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N. F.R.S.

The first three columns require no explanation.

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