 | U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey - 1895 - 732 pages
...and I arrived at "NVaimca on the following day. The instruments were not landed until September I. On the 2d observations were begun. The first station...of Venus station, occupied by the English party in 1S74, and reoccupied by myself in 1SS7 while determining astronomical latitudes for the Hawaiian (... | |
 | Louis Agricola Bauer - Geomagnetism - 1902 - 442 pages
...magnetic station being 18° east of south. Kauai Island, Waimea Bay, 1892. — The first station, A, was made near the old Transit of Venus station, occupied by the English party in 1874, and reoccupied by Mr. Preston, in 1887, while determining astronomical latitudes for the Hawaiian Government. As it was... | |
 | Geomagnetism - 1904 - 822 pages
...station. ll'aimea, Kauai Island. — The station of 1892 and designated Waimea A was reoccupied. It is near the old transit of Venus station occupied by the English party in 1874 and reoccupied by Mr. Preston in 1887 and 1892. The station is 1o5.3 feet northwest from the face of a steep cliff, 1o3.5... | |
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On the 2d observations were begun. The first station was made near the old Transit of Venus station, occupied by the English party in 1874, and reoccupied by myself in 1887 while determining astronomical latitudes for the Hawaiian Government. 