Results derived from the Arctic Expedition, 1875-76. I. Physical observations by George Nares and [H.W.] Feilden; II. Medical report on the Eskimo dog disease, by B. Ninnis.

  • Great Britain. Arctic Expedition 1875-6.
Date:
1878
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Credit: Results derived from the Arctic Expedition, 1875-76. I. Physical observations by George Nares and [H.W.] Feilden; II. Medical report on the Eskimo dog disease, by B. Ninnis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table V.—Mean Hourly Values of the Disturbances from the Assumed Normal Variation in the Declination. Mean 1875. 1875. 1876. 1876. 1876. Remarks. Time at TJnvpmher December January February March 1st to 28th. Place. 1st to 30th. 1st to 31st. 1st to 31st. 1st to 29th. Noon -11-7 ' - 7;5 -10-8 -13-7 This table is compiled from the — 2 • 0 4-4 11-7 ii -2 9-7 differences of the variation in 1 5-9 7-0 10-2 the declination given in Tables II. and IV., or the 2 9-8 11-2 6 8 9-9 0-7 - 2-6 ii-8 5-2 3 — 7'9 2-0 12-9 differences between the black 4 5 6 7 8 — 3-4 + 2-8 2- 7 35 3- 5 + 2'8 0 + 0-8 2-1 + 0-9 + 2-2 - 1-6 + 3-2 2-1 — 3-9 j_ 1-9, 1 • 7 4-6 5-2 — 5-0 + 4-3 7-2 and red curves in the diagrams. 9 6-0 - 0-3 3-5 4-9 3-6 7-3 + 3-4 35 4-1 7-8 11 12 15-7 7-8 7-5 7-1 3- 9 4- 5 9-4 6-4 9-9 11-7 13 14 9-3 5-8 6-1 5-7 1-9 4-9 3- 3 4- 6 8-9 6-4 15 3-7 2-9 1-5 3-3 4-8 16 6-5 0-9 o-i 0-7 6-4 17 5-0 . 0-6 2-9 2-2 9-3 5-7 18 + 2-4 1-0 2-4 1-4 19 - 1-2 + 1-8 + 1-5 0-3 2-7 20 4-0 -11-9 - 1-1 0-3 + 2-0 21 22 8-6 1-2 + 0-1 + 1-6 -11-4 18-7 7-9 - 9-1 - 0-4 13-7 23 -10-9 - 3-8 + 3-5 - 4-1 - 2-6 Table VI.—Mean Disturbance of the Declination, without regard to Sign, at each Hour during the several Months, and also for the whole Period, expressed in Arc. Mean Time at Place. 1875. October 23rd to 31st. 1875. November 1st to 30th* 1875. December 1st to 31st. 1876. January 1st to 31st. 1876. February 1st to 29th. 1876. March 1st to 28th. Mean Dis- turbance for the whole Period. Mean Disturb- ance at Van Rensselaer Harbour, 1854. Noon 1 t:u,'.?'V 3 4 31-1 23-5 12-6 15-2 8-3 42-7 28-1 33-0 28-5 24-0 17-8 28-3 25- 9 26- 3 24-7 18-0 13-5 ■f-60 46 39 45 41 31 28- 0 17-9 14-1 29- 3 14-3 13-4 12-8 21-0 21-8 25-7 10-3 9-3 25-0 32-6 27-3 19-1 19-9 11-8 28-5 28-4 34-2 12-5 21-8 16-8 5 6 7 9 10 11 Midnight 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 11-9 3-7 10- 7 ' 14-3 15-6 11- 2 20-9 19-6 12- 3 17-2 6- 6 7- 3 8- 1 12-8 24-0 1 23-0 17-2 36-0 42-5 7-4 9-5 14- 4 10- 9 11- 6 7- 9 15- 4 20-8 17-5 13-4 8- 7 11-4 6-4 9- 3 8-2 15-6 23-6 23-1 5- 8 9-7 6- 5 5- 7 10- 6 17- 0 18- 7 16- 7 17- 6 9-7 9-3 6- 1 6-8 12-3 12-6 11- 2 25-0 21-3 16-2 12- 8 6- 2 7- 1 14-2 10-4 7-9 7-6 9-0 9-0 7-3 7-6 5-0 5-9 9-2 13- 4 24-6 20-2 13-2 9- 0 18- 8 15- 4 13- 5 28-4 19- 0 14- 8 13-2 10-6 13-5 10- 0 8-1 16- 0 16-5 13-7 10-3 18-3 19-3 13- 7 19- 3 10- 6 16- 2 18- 1 20- 4 17- 8 17-8 15-9 19- 5 17-7 14- 2 13-2 11- 2 42-6 44-5 19-2 li,-8 10-8 13-6 10- 1 13-2 21-7 17-0 15-8 15-7 11- 6 12- 0 10-9 8-8 12-9 12-1 21- 8 27-9 22- 5 41 37 47 49 50 46 52 51 47 50 53 49 42 54 48 46 31 46 Sums 405-6 j 352-1 323-5 329-5 408-5 525-3 * No observations were made on 8th and 9th November, f Principally due to a very large disturbance.