Description | Magnetic dip observations, eight in total, on the morning and afternoon of selected days of the month. The observers are noted by initial in a separate column, including 'R W' [Wilcox] and 'GP'. With observations taken with an 18-inch altitude and azimuth circle on 13 February, 'for determining the azimuth of the Declinometer Reading Telescope'. Also included [p.2] 'Absolute determinations, coefficients, &c.', including adjustments to instruments.
Headed: 'Observatory at Lucknow. Abstract of Observations of the Dip made during the month of February 1844'. |