Narrative of the surveying voyages of his majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle (vol.2- Appendix): between the years 1826 and 1836 : describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagles's circumnavigation of the globe
APPENDIX. S25 Port Desire to Port Famine Sixteen Chronometers. H. M. S. H. M. S. A o 20 10,57 io>57 B o 20 09,39 09,39 C o 20 10,65 10,65 D o 20 09,03 09,03 F o 20 10,70 10,70 G o 20 05,07 H o 20 09,71 09,71 K o 20 02,10 Preferred Oh. 20m. 10,7s. Places of observation : Port Desire, as before. Port Famine, old Observatory at the west side of the port. Sixteen Days. H. M. S. H. M. S. L 20 10,35 ... .. 10,35 M 20 15,«4 R 20 12,20 ... ... 12,20 S 19 51,63 T 20 39,07 W 20 14,22 ... ... 14,22 X 20 07,31 Z 20 10,29 ... ... 10,29 an 20 10,51 ... ... 10.71 Port Famine to San Carlos. Twenty Clironometers. Twenty-seven Days. A 12 08,12 12 08,12 B 12 37,16 C 11 52,62 11 52,62 D 1 54-60 11 54,60 E 11 57,52 11 57,52 G 12 10,02 H 1 47>95 K 12 10,99 L 12 03,68 12 03,68 M 11 58,40 11 58,40 Preferred H. M. S. H. M. S- N 12 06,37 12 06,37 P 12 18,26 R 12 09,42 S 1 1 51,87 T 11 51,00 V 1 1 42,42 W 11 55>93 11 55,93 X 11 34.26 Y 1 1 55,13 11 55,13 Z 12 01,42 12 01,42 Mean o 12 00,36 o 11 59,38 0h. 11m. 59,48. Places of observation : This measurement is made from a spot 5,9s. east of that used in the measure from Port Desire to Port Faminie, this being the new and that the old Observatory. San Carlos, at Point Arena.
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