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Capt. E. H. Hills and Mr. H. F. Newall. 



Computed distance from centre line, 4 miles. 

 The observed local mean times of contacts were :- 



1st 11 hrs. 50 min. 43'0 sees. 



2nd ....13 21 3-0 

 3rd ....13 22 58-0 

 4th ....14 ,43 54-5 



The chronometer employed was rated by theodolite observations, 

 and was probably correct within 1 sec. 



Temperature Observations. The result of the observations made for 

 the two hours about totality were as follows : 



Magnetometer. Colonel Gore made observations with the magneto- 

 meter with a view of detecting variation in the horizontal component 

 of the earth's magnetic field during the eclipse. No change was 

 observed. 



Shadow Bands. An attempt was made to photograph these with a 

 small camera provided with an excellent Cooke lens of large aperture 

 (F/6'3). A white sheet was stretched opposite to the sun's position, 

 and a series of exposures was made at beginning and end of totality. 

 Several spectators saw shadow bands, but no trace is discoverable on 

 the photographs. 



III. The Double-tube Camera. 

 By Capt. Hills. 



Instrument. This camera was the one used by Mr. Taylor in Brazil 

 in 1893, and was taken to Norway by Dr. Common in 1896. The 

 tube is of wood, 6 feet long, and 14 x 7 inches in section, divided 



