Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- Official Instructions
- ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II
- CHAPTER III
- CHAPTER IV
- CHAPTER V
- CHAPTER VI
- CHAPTER VII
- DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER FOR PLACING THE PLATES
- Notes
- APPENDIX
- I Abstract of the Meteorological Journal kept on board His Majesty's ship Hecla
- II Account of the Chronometers
- III Longitude by Chronometer
- IV Observations for determining the Longitude by Occultations of Fixed Stars
- V Observations for determining the Longitude by Transits of the Moon
- VI Observations for determining the Longitude by the Eclipses of Jupiter's Satellites
- VII Lunar Observations for determining the Longitude
- VIII Observations for determining the Latitude of the Observatory at Port Bowen
- IX Magnetic Observations—Dip of the Magnetic Needle observed at Woolwich, and at the different Stations within the Arctic Circle
- X Observations on the Magnetic Needle, for placing Mr.Barlow's correcting Plate
- XI Observations on the Variation of the Magnetic Needle,made on board the Hecla
- XII Observations on the Variation of the Magnetic Needle on Shore or on the Ice
- XIII Observations for determining the Variation of the Magnetic Needle at Port Bowen
- XIV Observations for the Dip of the Horizon at Sea, made with Dr.Wollaston's Dip Sector
- XV Tide Table at Port Bowen
- XVI Experiments to determine the rate at which Sound travels at various Temperatures and Pressures of the Atmosphere
- XVII Experiments made with an Invariable Pendulum, for determining the figure of the Earth
- Plate section
XI - Observations on the Variation of the Magnetic Needle,made on board the Hecla
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 September 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- Official Instructions
- ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II
- CHAPTER III
- CHAPTER IV
- CHAPTER V
- CHAPTER VI
- CHAPTER VII
- DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER FOR PLACING THE PLATES
- Notes
- APPENDIX
- I Abstract of the Meteorological Journal kept on board His Majesty's ship Hecla
- II Account of the Chronometers
- III Longitude by Chronometer
- IV Observations for determining the Longitude by Occultations of Fixed Stars
- V Observations for determining the Longitude by Transits of the Moon
- VI Observations for determining the Longitude by the Eclipses of Jupiter's Satellites
- VII Lunar Observations for determining the Longitude
- VIII Observations for determining the Latitude of the Observatory at Port Bowen
- IX Magnetic Observations—Dip of the Magnetic Needle observed at Woolwich, and at the different Stations within the Arctic Circle
- X Observations on the Magnetic Needle, for placing Mr.Barlow's correcting Plate
- XI Observations on the Variation of the Magnetic Needle,made on board the Hecla
- XII Observations on the Variation of the Magnetic Needle on Shore or on the Ice
- XIII Observations for determining the Variation of the Magnetic Needle at Port Bowen
- XIV Observations for the Dip of the Horizon at Sea, made with Dr.Wollaston's Dip Sector
- XV Tide Table at Port Bowen
- XVI Experiments to determine the rate at which Sound travels at various Temperatures and Pressures of the Atmosphere
- XVII Experiments made with an Invariable Pendulum, for determining the figure of the Earth
- Plate section
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Journal of a Third Voyage for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the PacificPerformed in the Years 1824–25, in His Majesty's ships Hecla and Fury, under the Orders of Captain William Edward Parry, pp. 268Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1826