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Mr. Dickinson read a Not(3 •' On the Eclipse of the Sun. 

 December 31st, 1861." 



This eclipse, being small compared with several that have 

 lately occurred, will not attract so large an amount of general 

 attention ; it will, however, be of considerable interest to 

 scientific persons, and in the hops that the members of this 

 Society will not consider it an unimportant phenomenon, the 

 following results are submitted to enable them to compare 

 their observations with the computed times. 



Calculations for Manchester (Royal Infirmary), lat. N. 

 53° 29', long. W. 2° 14'. 



H. M. S. 



Eclipse begins, December o 1st .... 1 49 19 



Greatest Phase 2 49 9 



Eclipse ends S 45 29 



mean time at Greenvrich. 



Magnitude of the Eclipse (Sun's diameter=I) 0*413 on 

 the Sun's southern limb. 

 Angle from North Pole, of — 



First contact, 143° towards the West, 

 Last contact, 108° towards the East. 

 Angle from vortex, of — 



First contact, 157° towards the West, 

 Last contact," 80° towards the East, 

 for direct image. 



