NO. 9 BRIGHTNESS OF LUNAR ECLIPSES FISHER 7 



1869 I 27; 0.450; Grade I 



c S. W. Pacific, Antarctic ice, S. Indian O. 



Prowde, N. Allerton, Engl., (20) ; sky not stated. 



= 1.3 2% inch; the shadow was of a blackish-brown color, not so ruddy as 

 .... sometimes. The main details of the lunar surface were well 

 visible in the telescope through the shadow, and the bright craters 

 were well marked. 

 Gribble, Constantinople, (19) ; sky not stated. 



c=i.5 2ji inch and 4% inch; all the prominent features of the moon's sur- 

 face under the shadow were quite distinct through [both telescopes] 

 .... strong red hue on the eclipsed limb. 



1869 VII 22; 0.559; Grade i 



c N. W. Pacific, Bering's Sea, Siberia, Indus Valley, Indian Ocean. 



Tcbbutt, Windsor, N. S. W., (21) ; sky not stated. 



c:=i.o 2>}/^ inch; .... irregular and ill-defined character of the shadow. 

 The colour of the shadow was very dark iron grey; the red tint .... 

 was not noticed. Even with a power of 30 and the illuminated disk 

 [out of] the field, the details of the obscured part of the surface were 

 perceived only with the greatest difficulty. The eclipsed limb .... 

 pretty distinct 



1870 I 17; 1.664; Grade i 



c Antarctica, W. Indian O., Arabia, C. Europe, Greenland, S. California, 



Pacific. 



Tebbutt, Windsor, N. S. W., (22) ; remarkably well seen .... thin 



filmy cloud till about 1 1 h. 43 m. 

 c=i.8 3l^ inch; .... when the moon shone unclouded, the details of the 



lunar surface began to be perceptible in the telescope. These became 



gradually more distinct .... disk .... copper hue throughout the 



total phase, and continued distinctly visible both to the naked eye and 



in the telescope. 



1870 VII 12; 1.687; Grade i 



c S. Pacific, W. Australia, Indo-China, N. Sweden, Windward Islands, 



Peru. 



Walker, Teignmouth, Engl., (25) ; .sky not stated, astronomical twi- 

 light, 

 d 4.6 e Binocular and sweeper, not clear which used for the following : At 



II h. 47 m. the configurations on the moon's surface were mostly 



discernible 



Noble, Maresfield, Engl., (23) ; clouds till after end of totality, 

 d = 5.5 4.2 inch ; the shadow .... browner than I remember to have seen 



it before. The lunar detail was strikingly visible through it. 



Thompson, Cardiff, Wales, (24) ; sky apparently mostly clear, but 



clouds a while during totality; twilight, strong toward beginning of 



observations. 

 b = 6.6 3J/2 inch; the seas were distinguishable before and after totality; at 



totality, the extreme western limb was scarcely visible. 



