FRANCIS WILLUGHBY. 75 



also all the works on natural history, and many 

 French and Italian works collected in his travels. 

 These are now at \Vollaton. 



Much of the year 1666 was passed at Middleton 

 Hall. 



In the Philosophical Transactions, dated 

 " Munday, September 9> 1666," may be found 

 the observations that were made at London by 

 Mr Willughby, Dr Pope, Mr Hook, and Mr 

 Phillips, on the late eclipse of the sun, which 

 happened on the 22d of July, 1666. This paper 

 relates to observations made from the commence- 

 ment of the eclipse, which was 1 hr. and 54 min. ; 

 its greatest obscurity somewhat less than 7 digits. 



" About the middle, between the perpendicular 

 and westward horizontal radius of the sun, viewing 

 it through Mr Boyle's 60 foot telescope, there 

 was perceived a little of the limb of the moon 

 without the disk of the sun, which seemed to 

 some of the observers to come from some shining 

 atmosphere about the body either of the sun or 

 moon." 



They affirm to have observed the figure of this 

 eclipse, and to have measured the digits, by 

 casting the figure through a five foot telescope 

 " on an extended paper fix't at a certain distance 

 from the eyeglasse, and having a round figure ; 

 all whose diameters were divided by six concen- 

 trick circles into 12 digits." " These observations 

 were made in conjunction with others made at 

 Madrid and Paris, and exhibit those coincidences 

 and differences to be expected from the several 



