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Show GEOGKAPHICAL POSITIONS. TroMil- intlrumentfor chronametet- en'or; zenith- telescope for latitude, ( Talcott's method); telegraphic time- eignaU for difference of longitude. Year 1874 1874 1874 1874 1874 SUtioD. Cimarron, K. Mex Nerth Platte, Nebr Sidney Barracks, Kebr.. 1 a * 3 701( A) 45 TO ( A) 45 44 OBSERVER, Sending. Receiving. Dr. F. Kampf. J. H. Clark.... Dr.- F. Kampf. J. H. Clark.... Dr. F. Kampf. J. H. Clark.... Dr. F. Kampf. J. H. Clark.... Dr. F. Kampf J. H. Clark.... COMPUTER, Sending. Receiving. Dr. F. Kampf. Dr. F. Kampf. Dr. F. Kampf. Dr. F. Kampf. Dr. F. Kampf REPORT arrangod by- Dr. F. Kampf. Dr. F. Kampf. Dr. F. Kampf. Dr. F. Kampf. Dr. F. Kampf. it 3 5 3 3 5 LONGITUDE. West from Greenwich. O 1 II 104 54 59.04 102 21 32.30 105 13 27.57 100 45 53.14 102 58 12.68 Probable error. 10.20 ± 0.43 to. io to. 95 ± 0.45 e A 69 63 99 68 80 LATITUDE. North. 36 30 10.01 40 59 07.63 35 35 27.66 41 08 18.33 41 08 36.75 i Is a ± 0.09 ± 0.04 ± 0.07 ± 0.06 ± 0.05 Altitude above sea-level. Feet 6J50.4 3500.0 6418.0 2790.0 4073.0 Remarks. Checks base line measured 1873. Valuable as a point of departure in checking surveys north or south of tho Union PaciJlo Railroad. Chocks base- line measured 1873. On Union Pacific Railroad. On Union Pacific Railroad. |