322 to£AL ECLIPSE Of THE SUN OF 1806. 



limb of the Before the end of the total eclipse, the west limb of the 

 moon illumi- moon began to be illuminated, and the light increased so- 

 the end of the rapidly, that I at last mistook it for the sun's egress, and 

 eclipse. called the time to Mr. Ferrer: but he saw the errour, and 



still kept his eye to the glass, when the first solar ray nearly 

 I * blinded him. 



Whence this? Whence could proceed this illumination? from a lunar 



or solar atmosphere ? 

 American Nau- In the American Nautical Almanac, which I hare pub- 

 lished here since 1803, I have given the moon's declination 

 for every six hours, instead of twelve ; which I did before 

 I knew it was done in France, and for the same reason. 



tkal Almanac. 



I am, with the greatest esteem, 



Sir, 



Your obedient Servant 



JOHN GARNETT. 



Vew York, North America. 

 February , 6, 1808. 



Brief notice of it, I find the time set down 1 l h 25' 33". This is 

 evidently according to the popular, not astronomical notation of 

 time ; and in a work intended for the general reader, as well as the 

 astronomer, it was perhaps preferable. It appears however to have 

 occasioned the errour of the French reporter of the proceedings of 

 the National Institute, 



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