Miscellanies. 165 
hem. a 
nd, ; P 5 44 28.7 
Duration of eclipse, 2 32 115 
of ring, . , 4 15.6 
Arch of faint light, with brush in centre, seen before the formation of 
the ring. Arch seen after rupture, brush of light not recollected. For- 
mation and rupture of the ring, by broken portions of the sun’s border, 
several in number, not round like beads, but arched portions of the ring. 
These continued several seconds, and then suddenly united in the first 
instance, and separated in the last, without, however, exhibiting the dark 
lines figured by Baily. 
Nos. 21 and 22, by Charles Wister and his son Caspar E. Wister, at 
the Observatory of the former, Germantown. Latitude 40° 1’ 59’ N. Lon- 
gitude 2.7s. in time west of the State House. With 21 and 2 feet Gre- 
gorian reflectors. Astronomical clock regulated by a 3 feet transit in- 
Strument. 
Cc. Wi casa C. E. Wister. 
he, 8. A. mm. .: 
Beginning 3 12 55 3 12 544 
Formation of aa, 4 31 94 4 31 84 
Rupture of ring, . 4 35 184 4 35 184 
nd, ‘ 5 45 84 5 45 7A 
Duration of eclipse, oes BE Be I 2 32 13.0 
Do. of ring, . : 4 9.0 =p of wc AO0 
“The lucid points and dark intervening spaces corresponded closely 
to Baily’s description.” 
No. 23, John Griscom. Latitude 9.7” N., longitude 0.3s. in time 
west of the Observatory of Haverford School. With a 3} feet Dollond 
achromatic, power 80, 
h. om, Ss. 
Beginning, 3 12 186 
Formation of ri 4 30 316 
— of ang (dt reported. i 
é 5 44 266 
Baietion of eclipse, 2 32 86 
of ring, (not report = 
No. 24, by Prof. James Hamilton, of Burlington, New Jersey. 
tude 40° 5’ 10’ N.: 69.1s. in time east of State House, ne aoa 
With a five ei goatee power 80. Clock regulated by equal alti- 
tudes with a se 
h. ™m. s. 
—s ae leet finapete a gost | 14-237 
Formation of ring, - 4 32 32.6 
Rupture of ring, ; 4 36 19.6 
End, Pass 56 46. 85 
