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| The duration of the 
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a de a. Eclipse will be small. At 
mt ~ 2D . . . . 
TOAOAUVM toms the Nilgherries it will be 
ABSrw¥eGASSH-iai about 2 minutes, but this 
1111) 1 1++++- cannot, so far as I know, be 
S 5 as yet accurately predicted 
i= J . 
om uncertainty as to th 
A DOROwWMWMWMO DRO fr 5 ty the 
FI aye « ] real diameters of the sun 
4 BROOD WAAA SHA 
2 SESS5o58sxSq and moon, when free from 
2 NNANANNANNANA GAA th ay 6b y ae 
i +¢4+4+4+4+444+4+4+4+ ee argemen Yi 1rradl- 
z tion. If the value of the 
D ow AOnMnw® ° 
2S2ASNNSh38 moon’s diameter deduced 
~ °° **"***%** by Oudemans from Eclipses, 
5 B29 19 OS HO NIH A110 
E J Maree tr be used with that of the Sun 
3 Sworn nans obtained in the Greenwich 
ooo oeoeroeowoees . . 
e Transit Circle, then I find 
°o 
2 the duration in the Nil- 
1 a) . . . 
& 4 gherries just 2 minutes. 
1lNID MD HAMMBHMWON P 
y rHADCABRZOM The data of the Nautical 
n a an ee Sd ’ : 
8 HSeseesestagags Almanac give 2 minutes 7 
Ay ; +++++++++++4+ seconds, and if I may judge 
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1a Re from the result I got in 
~~ 3 x“ 
- 1868 the real duration will 
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" eet toes dey wer) -fall between these. 
5 AASSHLRSEAS Short as this time is, it is 
7 Sy Sp SES EEE ? 
i uate 
Ii LL LIP PP py) enough with an adeq 
smnnoaconne Preparation to produce some 
iano lO TLD NI 1D 1 . 1 re 
Sa saenn ns py resultsiof value.’ It 1s long 
Somaacnenne enough to allow Photo- 
Aww OAT AN TIN 
RRARRRERARAR graphs to be taken of the 
RaAIdaASSSe® (Corona, as to whose structure 
there is more to be discover- 
sae Bere fe rk oe | Oe There seems now no 
[3) aN SAI Ringe Ries her Fe ae aa) 
£2 |aS8SSNHHRRRAS sort of doubt that the Corona 
Ss . . 
2 5 as is not only a Solar appen- 
a) a ° 
on dage, but is, as I stated in 
