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    Re: Sun Moon Lunars to 155 degrees
    From: Wolfgang Köberer
    Date: 2010 Mar 28, 17:22 +0200

    Antoine,

    I got confused, so let me straighten it out:

    the book which you can download from
    http://www.archive.org/details/cihm_17414 is:


    The original astronomical observations made in the course of a voyage to the Northern Pacific Ocean, for the discovery of a North East or North West passage : wherein the north west coast of America and north east coast of Asia were explored in His Majesty's ships the Resolution and Discovery, in the years MDCCLXXVI, MDCCLXXVII, MDCCLXXVIII, MDCCLXXIX, and MDCCLXXX / by Captain James Cooke [sic], ... and Lieutenant James King, and Mr. William Bayly, London 1782

    It is about the third voyage of Cook. I misidentified it in my first post.

    The page I sent is taken from this:

    The original astronomical observations, made in the course of a voyage towards the south pole, and round the world, ... in the years MDCCLXXII, ... MDCCLXXV, by William Wales, ... and Mr. William Bayly, ... Published by order of the Board of Longitude, ...Wales, William. - London 1777.

    This is about the first voyage and contains the observation that George mentioned. A digitized version is in the 'Eighteen Century Collection on line' and can only be accessed through a library. Then you can download it completely - though not for commercial purposes.

    Hope that helps

    Wolfgang

       
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