136 Further corrections in the Nautical Almanac for 1833. 



and Damoiseau's Lunar Tables of 1824. The times which I 

 obtained for Edinburgh were inserted in Professor Jameson's 

 Journal for October — December 1 828 ; and the following are 

 the results for Greenwich. 



According to Burckhardt's tables the times are about 19*5 

 seconds earlier. Bessel's corrections of the Solar Tables had 

 not reached me when I made the computations. 



Mean time. 



The eclipse begins, 

 Greatest obscuration 

 App' ecliptical conj" 

 End of the eclipse .. 



Apparent time. 



July 16 17 4 5-8 16 58 23-0 



— — 17 55 4-2 17 49 21-2 



— — 17 58 16-6 17 52 33-6 



— — 18 49 21-9 18 43 38-7 

 Digits eclipsed at greatest obscuration, S*^'"* 47' 48'''3 on the 



north part of the sun's disc. 



The moon will enter the sun's disc on the west limb at 

 37° 12' 20" from his vertex, in reference to the horizon. 

 I am, Gentlemen, &c. 



Aberdeen, April 27th, 1831. GeorgE InnES. 



XVI. Errata in Schumacher's Ephemeris of the Distances of 

 the four Planets Venus., Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, from the 

 Moo?i's Centre, Sfc.for 1 833, published by the Admiralty. By 

 A Correspondent. 



nPHE following errata have been kept back for some time, 

 -*- and would have been reserved for publication in the 

 Nautical Almanac for 1834, but thai the advantage resulting 

 from the discovery of them would be diminished by the delay. 



9. Sept. 17. xxih for 105 5 15 read 100 5 15 



17. May 2. — 38 44 29 88 44 29 



18. May 31. ix^ — ^ 3 39 109 3 39 



46. Jan. 22. Log. dist. — 0-95266 0-05266 



51. June 2 — 52 42 4 54 42 4 



6Q. November 1. November 30. Dec. S. 



63. June 12 for 35 6 20-2 3 6 20-2 



m. September 20. ... — 9 42 37*7 9 22 37-7 



68. November 3 — 12 33 53-9 12 43 53*9 



75. June 30. -\ 



76. July 31. V Insert N. 



77. August 31. J 



88. July 19. Log. dist. /or 0-63651 0-69651 



98. May 31. — 4 35 iON. 5 35 lON. 



99. June 7. Log. dist. — 6-97029 0-97029 



110. May 11 — 322 26 46 322 27 46 



Cliislehurst, July 1, 1831. 



XVII. On 



