
TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, JULY 28, 1851. 345 
One reason which induced us to select a station on the opposite side of the 
river from Goteborg, was to avoid what Hau.ey in his account of the solar eclipse 
of 1715, quaintly terms, being “ opprest by too much company.” We were, 
therefore, not a little disconcerted at finding a large number of people resorting to 
the hill we had chosen. But the fears we entertained of being interrupted proved 
quite groundless, for with much propriety of feeling, every one kept at a respect- 
ful distance during our observations. When the eclipse was over, a venerable 
Swedish clergyman came up and shook hands with us; an example which was 
followed by a good number of his countrymen who were present. We did not 
understand each other’s language, but it was not necessary that we should. Our 
mutual congratulation, although silent, was quite intelligible, and I am sure it 
was warmly felt on both sides. 
TABLE I. Magnetic Bearings from Ramberget, the station from which the Eclipse was 
observed. 





Mag. Azimuth, reckoned 
Station. from North, Hastward. 
Lejonet, . , i 107° 45’ 
Christine Kyrkan, . : 135 45 
Domkyrkan, : : ¢ 140 30 
Kronan, . 5 3 168 45 
Carl Johan’s Kyrkan, : : 216 15 
Nya Warfvet roy ee ‘ 227 53 
Elfsborg, . i 257 00 

As the station, E//sborg is not included in my map, I could not employ its 
azimuth in my calculation. The position of Ramberget was determined from the 
remaining six azimuths along with the following data kindly furnished by Lieu- 
7 . . 
_ tenant Perrrersson from his own observations. 
The Navigation School is situated in lat. 57° 42’ 6"2 N.; long. 0° 47" 51° E. 
_ The true azimuth of a telegraph shewn in the map, on a hill named Stigbergsasen, 

as seen from the Navigation School, is 108° 56 55’ NW. 
The variation of the compass at Goteborg on the Ist April 1851, was Round to 
_ be 17° 15’ W. 
