Voyages in the Southern Hemisphere, Vol. I, Table of the Variation of the Compass, page 673

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Table of the Variation of the Compass (continued)

A TABLE of the VARIATION of the COMPASS, &c. continued.
TIME.			Latitude in at Noon.	Longitude in at Noon from London.	Variation.	REMARKS.
	1767.		South.	East.	East.
August	8.	P.M.	11° 0°	171°1°	10° 2°
	9.	A.M.	10 56	171 00	10 02
	11.	A.M.	10 49	167 00	10 38
Cape Byron		- -	10 40	164 49	11 00	N.E. end off Egmont, one of the Charlotte Islands.
	18.	P.M.	9 58	162 57	8 30
	19.	P.M.	8 52	160 41	8 30
	20.	A.M.	75 3	158 56	8 31
			75 6	158 56	8 20	Off Carteret's and Gower's Isl.
	22.	P.M.	62 4	157 32	7 42
	24.	P.M.	5 07	155 08	6 25
	26.	P.M.	4 46	153 17	7 14
In sight and on the west side of Nova Brittania					6 30
Cape. St. George			5 00	152 19	5 20	Nova Hibernia
	In St. Georges Channel				4 40	Nova Brittannia
						Here the land seemed to have an effect on the needle.
Septem.	16.	A.M.	2 19	145 31	6 30	Off the Admiralty Islands.
	19.	A.M.	1 57	143 28	5 26
			1 45	143 02	4 40
	20.	P.M.	1 33	142 22	4 40
	21.	A.M.	1 20	141 29	4 54
	22.	P.M.	0 52	139 56	4 30
	23.	P.M.	0 05	138 56	4 17
			North.
	24.	P.M.	0 05	138 41	3 08	From the Admiralty Islands to the Island Mindanao.
	27.	A.M.	2 13	136 41	2 30
		P.M.	---	-----	2 09
			2 50	136 17	2 00
	30.	A.M.	4 25	134 37	1 41
October	3.	A.M.	4 41	132 51	3 09
		P.M.	- --	-----	3 14
	5.	P.M.	4 31	132 39	3 10
	6.	A.M.	4 21	132 45	3 33

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