Ces résultats ont été <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <sic>justifié</sic> <corr cert="high">justifiés</corr> </choice> <del xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#s">par</del> par les observations <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />du <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>C.</abbr> <expan>Citoyen</expan> </choice> <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0003956 http://d-nb.info/gnd/117626635">Thulis</persName> à l’Instrument du <ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="d29856c8-af1c-4da3-9856-c8af1cfda3be" corresp="#fd6fd24c-a135-4ef9-afd2-4ca1356ef9ac" type="editorialNote">Passage de <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0008734 https://www.geonames.org/2995469">Marseille</placeName></ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="fd6fd24c-a135-4ef9-afd2-4ca1356ef9ac" corresp="#d29856c8-af1c-4da3-9856-c8af1cfda3be" type="editorial" resp="#CG">Vgl. <ref target="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0016412/niq2_4xq_ybb">Anm. zu Bl. 76r</ref>.</note>. <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Souvent en 5–6 jours le <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>G. T.</abbr> <expan>Gardetems</expan> </choice> ne perdit pas 0″.7<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />ces maximum d’erreur diurne ne se manifestèrent <del xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#s"> <gap reason="illegible" unit="chars" quantity="1" /> </del> en <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />20–30 jours que de 0″,8 – 1″<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">.</supplied> Cette même exactitude <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />a été <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <sic>observé</sic> <corr cert="high">observée</corr> </choice> à <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0008564 https://www.geonames.org/3117735">Madrid</placeName>, la même en <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0002429">Amérique</placeName>. <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />La <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>longit.</abbr> <expan>longitude</expan> </choice> de <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010041 https://www.geonames.org/2511174"> <choice> <abbr>S.</abbr> <expan>Sainte</expan> </choice> Croix de Ténériffe</placeName> et celle du <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009433 https://www.geonames.org/3573606">Tabage</placeName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />que je déterminai (<ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="ef8e58d3-0bdb-424d-8e58-d30bdb524dfc" corresp="#bba7ec7a-431f-4c38-a7ec-7a431ffc3872" type="editorialNote"><ref target="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0016412/start_hzm_bnr_4lb"><choice> <abbr>Vol</abbr> <expan>Volume</expan> </choice> I<supplied cert="high">,</supplied> <choice> <abbr>p</abbr> <expan>page</expan> </choice> 35</ref> et <ref target="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0016412/start_m3w_qpr_4lb"><choice> <abbr>p.</abbr> <expan>page</expan> </choice> 51</ref></ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="bba7ec7a-431f-4c38-a7ec-7a431ffc3872" corresp="#ef8e58d3-0bdb-424d-8e58-d30bdb524dfc" type="editorial" resp="#CG">Vgl. Bl. 17r und 25r.</note>) prouvent que <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />pendant 68 jours et pendant le mouvement doux <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />de la Frégatte le Pizarro le <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>G. T.</abbr> <expan>Gardetems</expan> </choice> ne perdit pas son <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />retard de 4″,4. À <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0007693 https://www.geonames.org/3644768">Cumaná</placeName><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> il suivit pendant 41 jours <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />la marche de 7″<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">.</supplied> À <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0007134 https://www.geonames.org/3646738">Caraccas</placeName><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> j’ai été le plus exact <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />à examiner les erreurs du <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>G. T.</abbr> <expan>Gardetems</expan> </choice> et j’ai vu avec <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />plaisir que son retard depuis le <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1799-12-01" calendar="#calRevolutionary">10 <choice> <abbr>Frim.</abbr> <expan>Frimaire</expan> </choice></date> au <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1799-12-31" calendar="#calRevolutionary">10 <choice> <abbr>Niv.</abbr> <expan>Nivôse</expan> </choice></date> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />était de 15″,2<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> depuis le <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1799-12-08" calendar="#calRevolutionary">17 <choice> <abbr>Frim</abbr> <expan>Frimaire</expan> </choice></date> au <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1799-12-31" calendar="#calRevolutionary">10 <choice> <abbr>Niv.</abbr> <expan>Nivôse</expan> </choice></date> 15″,3<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> depuis <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />le <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1799-12-31" calendar="#calRevolutionary">10 <choice> <abbr>Niv</abbr> <expan>Nivôse</expan> </choice></date> au <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1800-01-12" calendar="#calRevolutionary">22 <choice> <abbr>Niv</abbr> <expan>Nivôse</expan> </choice></date> 14″.9<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> depuis le <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1799-12-31" calendar="#calRevolutionary">10</date>–<date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1800-01-19" calendar="#calRevolutionary">29 <choice> <abbr>Niv.</abbr> <expan>Nivôse</expan> </choice></date> 15″,9, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />depuis le <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1800-01-12" calendar="#calRevolutionary">22 <choice> <abbr>Niv</abbr> <expan>Nivôse</expan> </choice></date> – <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1800-01-21" calendar="#calRevolutionary">1 <choice> <abbr>Pluv.</abbr> <expan>Pluviôse</expan> </choice></date> 15″.2<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> <del xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#s">depuis</del> depuis le <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1800-01-21" calendar="#calRevolutionary">1</date>–<date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1800-02-03" calendar="#calRevolutionary">14 <choice> <abbr>Pluv.</abbr> <expan>Pluviôse</expan> </choice></date> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />15″,8. À <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0001734 https://www.geonames.org/3648559">Nueva Barcellona</placeName> depuis le <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1800-07-25" calendar="#calRevolutionary">6 <choice> <abbr>Therm.</abbr> <expan>Thermidor</expan> </choice></date> au <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1800-08-24" calendar="#calRevolutionary">6 <choice> <abbr>Fruct.</abbr> <expan>Fructidor</expan> </choice></date> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />le retard fut 23″,6<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> à <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0007693 https://www.geonames.org/3644768">Cumaná</placeName> depuis le <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1800-09-02" calendar="#calRevolutionary">15</date>–<date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1800-09-09" calendar="#calRevolutionary">22 <choice> <abbr>Fruct.</abbr> <expan>Fructidor</expan> </choice></date> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />23,7<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> depuis le <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1800-09-09" calendar="#calRevolutionary">22</date>–<date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1800-09-13" calendar="#calRevolutionary">26 <choice> <abbr>Fruct.</abbr> <expan>Fructidor</expan> </choice> 23</date>,4<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> depuis le <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1800-09-02" calendar="#calRevolutionary">15</date>–<date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1800-09-13" calendar="#calRevolutionary">26 <choice> <abbr>Fruct</abbr> <expan>Fructidor</expan> </choice></date> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />23″,7. Cette marche suppose l’état <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <sic>du</sic> <corr cert="high">de</corr> </choice> repos. Mais presque <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />la même exactitude a été <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <sic>observé</sic> <corr cert="high">observée</corr> </choice> dans les secousses <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />les plus fortes du voyage, dans la Pirogue de <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010593 https://www.geonames.org/3631298">l’Orénoque</placeName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />ou du <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010589 https://www.geonames.org/3631536">Río Négro</placeName>, embarcation qui <del xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#s"> <gap reason="illegible" unit="chars" quantity="3" /> </del> aux efforts <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />de <ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="d7fda2fe-3191-45a8-bda2-fe3191d5a885" corresp="#bd06897e-925b-4b81-8689-7e925b0b8168" type="editorialNote">Canaletes</ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="bd06897e-925b-4b81-8689-7e925b0b8168" corresp="#d7fda2fe-3191-45a8-bda2-fe3191d5a885" type="editorial" resp="#CG">Span., Paddel.</note> fait les mouvemens les plus inégaux et <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />véhémens de côté et de pouppe en proue, qui heur<g xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />te à tout moment contre les pierres, qui barre avec <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />impétuosité … Avec 9 Indiens, 8 Singes et tant d’<lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />oiseau<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">x</supplied> dans une Pirogue de <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="3.5" unit="pied_de_roi">3½ <choice> <abbr>pi</abbr> <expan>pieds</expan> </choice> </measure> de large<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />il n’y avait d’autre moyen de sauver le <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>G. t.</abbr> <expan>Gardetems</expan> </choice> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /> <pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="67v" facs="http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB0001527100000160" /> <fw xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="folNum">138</fw>que celui de le mettre dans un petit coffre que <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />l’on remuât souvent sans que je m’en aperçus <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />en le laissant tomber avec force à terre mal<lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />gré tous les cris et réprimandes prodigués à <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />des Indiens qui n’entendaient pas l’Espagnol. <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Dans ce voyage de <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010593 https://www.geonames.org/3631298">l’Orénoque</placeName><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> je n’ai été <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />nulle part assez longtems et jouissant du <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>☉</orig> <reg>soleil</reg> </choice> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />pour prendre <add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="left"><metamark />dans <choice> <sic>une</sic> <corr cert="high">un</corr> </choice> espace <lb />de plusieurs jours</add> des <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>haut.</abbr> <expan>hauteurs</expan> </choice> <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <sic>correspondentes</sic> <corr cert="high">correspondantes</corr> </choice> ou des <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /> <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>haut</abbr> <expan>hauteurs</expan> </choice> simples qui auraient pu décider de la <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />marche du <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>G. T</abbr> <expan>Gardetems</expan> </choice>. Je me servis donc d’une méthode <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />toute aussi exacte qui est celle de comparer les <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />longitudes données par le <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>G. T.</abbr> <expan>Gardetems</expan> </choice> dans des endroits <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />où je passai deux fois. J’observai deux fois à <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /> <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0002620 https://www.geonames.org/3648789">Atures</placeName>, <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0008589 https://www.geonames.org/3675650">Maypure</placeName>, et <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009866 https://www.geonames.org/3628394"> <choice> <abbr>S.</abbr> <expan>San</expan> </choice> Fernando <supplied cert="high">de Atabapo</supplied></placeName> et je pus <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />par conséquent comparer le <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1800-04-16" calendar="#calRevolutionary">26 <choice> <abbr>Germ</abbr> <expan>Germinal</expan> </choice></date> au <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1800-05-31" calendar="#calRevolutionary">11 <choice> <abbr>Prair</abbr> <expan>Prairial</expan> </choice></date><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />le <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1800-05-30" calendar="#calRevolutionary">10 <choice> <abbr>Prair</abbr> <expan>Prairial</expan> </choice></date> au <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1800-04-20" calendar="#calRevolutionary">30 <choice> <abbr>Germ.</abbr> <expan>Germinal</expan> </choice></date> et le <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1800-04-26" calendar="#calRevolutionary">6 <choice> <abbr>Flor.</abbr> <expan>Floréal</expan> </choice></date> au <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1800-05-27" calendar="#calRevolutionary">7 Prairial</date>, comparaisons qui donnent 28″, 27″,9 <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />et 27<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">″</supplied>,3<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">.</supplied> À la <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009704 https://www.geonames.org/3645532">Nueva Guajana</placeName> le <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>G. T.</abbr> <expan>Gardetems</expan> </choice> conserva <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />encore rigoureusement cette même marche tant par <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />la longue habitude que l’immense chaleur (<measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="29" unit="reaumur">29° <choice> <abbr>R</abbr> <expan>Réaumur</expan> </choice></measure>) <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />de cet endroit. Depuis le <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1800-06-16" calendar="#calRevolutionary">27 <choice> <abbr>Prair</abbr> <expan>Prairial</expan> </choice></date> au <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1800-07-09" calendar="#calRevolutionary">20 <choice> <abbr>Mess.</abbr> <expan>Messidor</expan> </choice></date> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />le <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>Chron.</abbr> <expan>Chronomètre</expan> </choice> retardait <supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">de</supplied> 27″,7 par jour. Le <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1800-02-02" calendar="#calRevolutionary">13 <choice> <abbr>Pluv.</abbr> <expan>Pluviôse</expan> </choice></date> j’<lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />ai dansé très <del xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#s"> <gap reason="illegible" unit="chars" quantity="2" /> </del> longtems par étourderie avec le <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>G. T.</abbr> <expan>Gardetems</expan> </choice> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />et les observations ont prouvé que<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> du <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1800-02-01" calendar="#calRevolutionary">12</date>–<date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1800-02-03" calendar="#calRevolutionary">14 <choice> <abbr>Pluv.</abbr> <expan>Pluviôse</expan> </choice></date><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />il retardait <supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">de</supplied> 16″ comme du <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1800-01-21" calendar="#calRevolutionary">1</date>–<date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1800-02-01" calendar="#calRevolutionary">12 <choice> <abbr>Pluv.</abbr> <expan>Pluviôse</expan> </choice></date> 15″,7.