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■ Could see lunar detail at mid-eclipse save just in center of shadow, 



where everything was obscured. 



Tempel, Marseille, (9) ; small stars and even nebulae visible near the 



moon. 



Means not stated ; could see various-colored spots, and the mountain- 

 ous regions clearly. 



Grade 0, with interrogation point because Backhouse does not state 

 the aperture of his telescope. 



1863 IV 11; 0.196; Grade i 



c S. Pacific, Antarctica. 



6.9 Hoefer, Beauceron, France, (11) ; sky and means not stated, moon 



about 8° high. The eclipsed part was completely obscured, with no 



trace of red. 



Freeman, Menton, (10) ; clear and serene; the divisions of Saturn's 



rings and the dusky ring, also 3 satellites, distinctly visible. Bright 



twilight at mid-eclipse. 

 c= 17.8 41/2 inch; able throughout to distinguish through the shadow the edge 



of the obscured part of the moon, but could distinguish nothing upon 



that part. 



i86s X 4; 0.344; Grade i 



c • Arctic O., Hudson's Bay, E. N. America. 



De la Rue, Cranford, Engl., (14) ; night bright, atmosphere tolerably 

 steady. 



0=1.5 4^ inch and 13 inch reflector; details plainly perceptible in the tele- 

 scope, obscured portion perfectly visible without. 



. Cantsler, Greifswald, Ger., (12) ; sky not stated, means not definitely 



stated ; the eclipsed limb remained continuously visible. 



— ■ Flaniinarion, (13); place, sky and means not stated; the rays of 



Tycho remained perfectly visible in the middle of the eclipse, as well 

 as the eclipsed amphitheatres and craters. 



1867 IX 13; 0.704; Grade i 



c S. Pacific, Antarctica, Indian O. 



Ingall, London, (17) ; sky not stated. 



c= 1.8 4J^ inch ; Aristarchus continued to be well seen till nearly the greatest 

 phase, just before which I saw it as an 8th magnitude star, but after 

 that I did not see it at all. K 



Browning, London, (16) ; sky remarkable for its clearness. 



c^i.8 4 inch, and loYz inch reflector; the whole surface of the moon was 

 at all times to be made out, many of the markings within the shadow 

 being easily visible .... some of the ray streaks. 

 Slack, London, (18) ; sky not stated, but compare Browning. 



c^i.8 6^ inch reflector; at times the visibility of obscured parts was very 

 striking, [especially at mid-eclipse]. 

 Brothers, Manchester, Engl., (15) ; sky not stated. 



c = i.9 5 inch; during the whole period of the eclipse some of the brighter 

 points of light within the shadow continued visible, as did also the 

 entire disk, with many of the details of light and shade. 



