Celestial Phenomena from Oct, 1. 1826 to Jan, 1. 1827. 389 



On the 14th of November there will be an Eclipse of the Moon, which 

 will be partly visible : 



The Eclipse begins, Nov. 14. 13 47 33 



Beginning of total darkness, - 14 55 18 



Moon rises totally eclipsed, - 15 36 32 



Ecliptic opposition, - - 15 40 54 



Middle of the eclipse, * - 15 43 8 



End of total darkness, ~ - 16 30 57 



End of the eclipse, - - 17 38 42 

 Digits eclipsed, 17° 25' 50" from the north side of the Earth's shadow. 



On the 29th of November there will be an Eclipse of the Sun, which will be 

 visible if the weather prove favourable, A complete calculation of the Lunar 

 Elements, using the Tables of Damoiseau, and the Solar Elements as obtained 

 by using the Solar Tables of Delambre, with the results of the principal steps 

 of a calculation for Edinburgh, was published in the Edinburgh Philosophical 

 Journal for April 1826. The following are the final results, as inserted in 

 that number : 



The Eclipse begins. 



Greatest obscuration. 



Visible conjunction. 



End of the eclipse, 



Digits eclipsed 6° 58' 10^',4, on the north part of the Sun's disc. The Moon 

 will enter the Sun's disc on the west limb, at 37° 56' 1 1" from his zenith, 

 in reference to the horizon. 



SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 



ASTllONOMY. 



1. The Moon and its Inhabitants. — Olbers considers it as 

 very probable that the moon is inhabited by rational creatures, 

 and that its surface is more or less covered with a vegetation not 

 very dissimilar to that of our own earth. Gruithuisen maintains, 

 that he has discovered, by means of his telescope, great artificial 

 works in the moon, erected by the Lunarians ; and very lately, 

 another observer maintains, from actual observation, that great 

 edifices do exist in the moon. Noggerath, the geologist, does 

 not deny the accuracy of the descriptions published by Gruit- 

 huisen, but maintains that all these appearance are owing to 



