XXXVI. Astronomical observations made at the North Cape, for the Royal Society
April 28,29 and 30, got the observatory and dwelling house built, and instruments on shore. 01/05 Set up oak plank 3.75 inches thick, and 14 inches wide. This plank was set a little more than 2 feet in the ground, and well rammed with earth and stones so that it was very steady and firm; to which I...
| Published in: | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
1769
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1769.0036 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstl.1769.0036 |
| Summary: | April 28,29 and 30, got the observatory and dwelling house built, and instruments on shore. 01/05 Set up oak plank 3.75 inches thick, and 14 inches wide. This plank was set a little more than 2 feet in the ground, and well rammed with earth and stones so that it was very steady and firm; to which I screwed the astronomical clock truly perpendicular (by which means it was independant of the observatory and its shaking by the wind) and set it going nearly with sidereal time. |
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