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A. Beginning. Prof. Johnson noticed dark indentations for eight se- 
conds after the first disturbance of the limb. 
B. Arch of faint light, with speck or brush in centre, round the moon’s 
limb beyond the cusps; brush or blaze in centre, between cusps, extend- 
ing outwards about two digits. One cusp bebken at end, presenting a 
bright bead. 
C. Arch of light much increased in brightness ; the brush or blaze, at 
first in the centre, now extends from cusp to cusp; radiation outwards, 
nearly three digi: cusps distant 30° on sun’s limb, a broken point or * 
bead at each end. This phase noted as that of the formation of the —, 
by Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 11. 
D. Formation of ring, or instant of osculation of limbs. This phase 
noticed as the approach of two sharp well defined points to a contact by 
Nos. 5 and 15. It was observed at the instant when the cusps, appa- 
rently 20° of the sun’s limb apart, suddenly united by the extension of 
four or five luminous beads, or rounded portions of the sun’s disc, by 
Nos. 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, and 14. 
E. Omitted in the table. This letter refers to the time when the dark 
lines, described by Van Swinden and Baily, should have appeared. 
They were not seen by any observer, though carefully searched for. 
F. Perfect ring, the beads of light having united, or run into each 
other suddenly. 
a of E, not observed though looked for. 
H ring, counterpart of D. Took place at a point, and 
so noted by all ihe observers. 
I, Appearance of beads, five or six in yes extending from cusp to 
cusp. 
K. Counterpart of C in every respect. 
L. Counterpart of appearance just preceding C. Brush or blaze of 
light, narrowed down to a small space, 3° or 4° on the moon’s border, 
extending outwards 23 digits ; cusps still broken, as seen by most of the 
observers. Nos. 5 and 15, however, saw no irregularity of cusps, no 
beads of light. 
M. Final disappearance of arch of faint light, with brush of light ex- 
tending beyond the middle, having previously become very faint. This 
phenomenon observed with great care and certainty by No. 10. 
N, Appearance of dark lines extending into the sun’s disk, noticed by 
Nos, 3, 4, 10, and 14. The time noted by Nos. 3 and 14 as the end of 
eclipse. 
O. End of eclipse, inferred by each observer from his notes. 
P. Final disappearance of the dark lines, the sun’s disc having re- 
sumed its natural shape. Nos. 3, 4, 10, and 14 inferred the time of O 
. as at some instant intermediate between N. and P. The time of exter- 
“nal contact difficult to determine, on account of this irregularity. 
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