Journals

Third Journey (MS 107/2)

19th November 1778


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[19th november 1778]
19

w z:w wind die met den dag opwakkerde regen wolken bragt dog regende niet.
goed weer. term 56 ­ 64 ­ 60. veel der geversch gevallen sneeuw gesmolten, dog de oude blyft. herstelde myn astrolabium.

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[19th November 1778]
19

Wind west-south-west, which came up at dawn, and brought rain clouds, but it did not rain.
Good weather. Thermometer: 56 -64-60. 
Much of the freshly fallen snow has melted, but the old stays on the ground. Mended my astrolabe.