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Constanti- 

 nople . . . 



Toledo, 

 Spain ... 



Girwic, 

 England. 



Syria . 

 Paris . . . 



Stiklastad, 

 Norway . 



Pans 



Lesina and 

 viirabeau. 



Rheiins and 

 Erfurt 



Constanti- 

 nople 



Constanti- 

 nople 



Constanti- 

 nople . . 



Danzig, 

 Germany. 



+ G93, Oct. 3, 23h. [ 47°, 24°, 9° — 10°] . . 



+ 58m 



+ 718, June 3, 1 li. [ 38° - 22°] 



+ 53m 



+ 733, Aug. 21, *2b. [55°, 47°, 15°] 



+ 53 m 



+ 812, May 14, Oh. [28°, 30°, 34°— 23°] . 



+ 48m. : 



+ 878, Oct. "29, ID. [57°, 55°, 48° — 51°].. 



+ 4-m 



+ 1030, Aug. 31, 2h. [73 Q — 27°] 



+ 29m. 



(Schumacher's Astron. X. 1849, p. 16.) 

 + 123o, May 12. 17h. [52°, 87°, 90°] ... 



+ 17m 



+ 1239, June 1, 23h. [36*, 42°, 43°— 25"]. 



+ 17m 



+ 1241, Oct. K, Oh. [56', 47°, 30=] 



+ 27m 



+ 1255, Dec. 30,?2h. [31°, 32°, 51=] 



+ 16m 



4- 1406, June 14, 18h [41°, 69°, 58°] . 



+ lam 



+ 1433, June 17, 5h [63°— 32°] 



+ 1851. July 2S, 2h. 30m. [70° 

 + ■24"+ 



nu 



Q 6° W. 

 -1° 29' 

 Q 2° W. 



— 1° 25' 

 Q 5° YV. 



. 2° \Y. 



— 1° 14- 

 Q Ki° W. 



— 1° 3 

 2 10° W. 



— 46- 



C 10° E. 



— 27' 



a 3° w. 



-26' 

 U 10° K. 



— 26. 

 13 9°- E. 



— 25' 



a 7° w. 



— 14' 

 7J7°E. 

 -12' 

 Long, a 

 -37" + 



Specification of the most important Ancient Eclipses. 



Solar eclipses reported to have been total in certain places : Nos. 

 2, 3, S, io(?), n, 13, 15, 20, 22, 23, 32, 40, 43, 47, 63, 66, 

 76, So, 86, 94, 95, 101, 103, 107, 113, 114. 115, 116-12S. 



Solar eclipses reported to have been nearly total (jjn^vosidecz) : 

 Nos. 25, 33. 



Solar eclipses reported to have been great ones : Nos. 37, 53, 54. 



60, 62, 6S. 



Solar eclipses reported to have been small ones: Nos. 4, 21, 27. 



46, 48, 51, 56, 67, 73. 

 Lunar eclipses reported to have been total: Nos. 28, 29, 39, 41. 



61, 64, 65, 75, 83, 98, 109. 



Lunar eclipses reported to have been small ones: Nos. 1, 42. 

 Solar eclipses reported to have coincided with sunrise : Nos. 13, 



20, 40, 107. 

 Solar eclipses referred by the ancients to certain hours : Nos. 



2, 3, 4, 8, 53, 54, 60, 62, 76, So, 86, 100, 101, 102, 104. 



no, 112, 113. 

 Lunar eclipses referred by the ancients to certain hours : Nos. 



4 2 > 57- 

 Total eclipses of the sun which were annular according to the 

 present lunar theory : Nos. 13,32,43,47, 76, So, 119, 126. 



