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 At Thouloufe Beginning 7 37 40 ap. time. 



Total darknefs 8 38 25 



End of ditto 10 20 20 



End of eclipfe 11 20 30 



The foUowing obfervations of the lunar eclipfe, September 

 loth, 1783, were communicated to me by the Rev. Dodor 

 J. A. Hamilton, made by him at Cookftown, in longitude 



o 26 48,9 weft of Greenwich : 



Plinius and bright fpot in mare crifium covered 24 5 5 

 Mare crifium bifeded — 26 40 



D". covered and Langrenus touches 28 12 



Total darknefs — — 34 5 



The emerfions were not obferved by Dr. Hamilton. The 

 ftatc of the weather prevented me from obferving this eclipfe. 

 Juft before the penumbra was expeded, there was a tolerably 



bright 



