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Phases of theyeclipse at several places in the United States and in 
the island of Cuba, in mean solar, ‘civil time. 
* * The points on the right and left sides of the sun, first and last touched by 
the “moon, or at which the eclipse will begin and end, are counted from the vertex, 
as seen thivagle an erect telescope. For a telescope that inverts, add 180°. 
AMBRIDGE, | CHARLESTON, | CINCINNATI, EastTPo 
Boston, stronomical | St. Michael’s ata a Ceapamatie 
State House. | Observatory. Charch. Observato Observatory. 
Latitude, 42° 21' 231 142° 227 48/1 [32° 46! 33! [39° 3 Bair 44° 53! 33! 
Longitude, 7s OS 8 79 57 27 [84 34 O 66 57 14 
| a: aD hom &. h. m hy MB A. 8. 
Eclipse begins, 11 14 45-1m.j11 14 27-3m.|10 3 M.| 9 55 14-Im.11 42 51-0m 
|Apparenteclipticd | 0 33 54-1a.) 0 33 31-6a.)11 30 11-3111 9 1-:5*| 059 21a 
to n, | 034183} 0 33 54-9% 11 32 7-44 111 11 35°9**| 0 58 55-5 * 
Ecli 1 52 43-0 | 152181] 1 420-04.) 031 31-74.) 2 12 50:8“ 
¥ Duration, 23757:9 | 237508 | 3 043-1 23617-6 | 229 59:8 
4 Digits e eclipse 6° 40! 6° 39! 8° 49/ 6° 14! ero 
Point first sr 121 55 121 54 81 28 101 17 134 17 
Point lasttouched| 62 41 62 51 48 8 82° 5 66 6 | 
Puritapeuesta,| WASHINGTON, 
HAVANNA, Matanzas. | New York, hol nies New Obser- 
the Morro. City Hall. Obse tory. | _ vatory. 
Latitude, 53° 97 267 123° 2 30” 140° 42’ 40” [39° By nt ee: 53! 41" 
Longitude, 82 22 21 Las oo ee 4 P =e 3 Mi 
. im 8. ee Rs hm. 8. A 
Eclipse begins, | 9 29 58-9m.| 9 34 21-1m.)10 54 49-7. 10 ao 43 6m. {10 33 56-90. 
Apparenteclipticg 11 224-0 |11 7 37:1 | 014 57-64. 7La.jll 54 44-7* 
reatestobscur’n, [11 251-9 |11 754-9) 01558 6“! 0 nace 11 56 10:3“ 
pins nds, 0 4417:74.| 0 49 40-54.) 1 36 57-7} 1 30 38-5“ Qa. 
314188 | 315194 | 242 80 | 243549 
Digitiec how ed, 1P 3? J1° 44! 6° 56’ i bales, Re 
Point first touched 47 15 | 48 54 113 18 109 35 104. 20 
2) 40 ii. 61 47 61 16 61 33 
At Eastport, (Campobello Observatory,) the greatest obscuration will 
take place before the apparent ecliptic conjunction ; and at each of the 
above places, the southern side of the sun will be eclipsed. For seve- 
ral of these places, the eclipse was also computed by the tables of Da- 
moiseau, with the following results : 
Beginn. Ap. d. End. Duration. 
sec. sec, sec. sec, 
Boston and Camb.| Add 1-8 57 78 6:0 
Charleston, eee a | 78 46 
ee weet 66 10-0 8-6 
S 1 53 76 6:4 
Philadelphia, ttt ig 6:2 8-1 6:1 
Washington, wae 8 6-3 81 6-0 
At Belize, (Fort St. George,) Honduras, lat. 17° 29’ 20”, long. 88° 
8’ 20”, the greatest obscuration will take place at 10h. 16m. 39s. M, 
Digits eclipsed 11° 464’ on the north limb. 
At Cardenas, Cuba, lat. 23° 2’ 30”, long. 81° 11’ 50”, greatest ob- 
scuration at 11h. 10m. 18s. M. Digits eclipsed 11° 47’ on the south limb, 
At Cienfuegos, lat. 22° 7’ 30”, long. 80° 37’ 40”, greatest obscura. 
tion at llh, 12m. 42s. M. Digits eclipsed 11° 54’ on the north limb. 
