8 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 76 



18/ 1 I 6; 0.693 ; Grade i 



c W. Pacific, Bering's Sea, Arctic N. America. 



Birmingham, Millbrook, Ireland, (26) ; the sky was good enough for 



him to observe 6 occultations. 

 c^i.5 6 foot [=43/2 inch aperture?] The bright parts of the moon had a 



coppery color, and the dark regions showed a slate blue. 



18/ 3 V ij; 1.437; Grade i 



c Missouri and Mackenzie Valleys, Siberia, Siam, Indian Ocean, Ant- 



arctic ice, N. Patagonia, far Eastern Pacific, Yucatan. 

 Tebbutt, Windsor, N. S. W., (27) ; sky clear. 



c=i.3 4^ inch; at no time during the partial eclipse did the limb or the 

 lunar details become indistinguishable in the telescope, and during the 

 whole of the total phase the moon was plainly visible to the naked eye. 



iSj6 IX 3; 0.341 ; Grade i i 



c Antarctica, Australia. 



Perrotin, Toulouse, (30); interrupted by clouds; means not stated. 

 c = 2.2 The eclipsed limb was clearly seen, and also the lunar surface, particu- 

 larly the part near the .shadow boundary. 



Arcimis, Cadiz, Spain, (28) ; atmosphere magnificent, not a cloud 



.... extraordinary and exceptional purity, 

 a 3.1c 4 inch and d. v. spectroscope; [The inner shadow was too dark to 



give a spectrum, which was obtainable only near the boundary]. 



F. R. A. S., (29) ; place, etc., not stated. 

 — I remember myself how very nearly the moon disappeared from the 



sky on October 4, 1884, and also the notable darkness of the earth's 



shadow during the partial eclipse of Sept. 3, 1876. 

 Grade i, with interrogation point because of indefinite data. 



1877 II 27; 1.671 ; Grade 2 



c Antarctica, Pacific, E. Siberia, Greenland, near C. Verde. 



V. Sterneck, Vienna, (35) ; sky not stated. 



c = 2.2 6.4 cm. and 9.5 cm. ; certain parts of the moon's surface, as Mare 

 Serenitatis, Imbrium, and several others, appeared of a brighter red 

 than their surroundings and stood out clearly from them. Aristarchus 

 too was clearly visible as a shining point after its immersion till 7 h., 

 and for an equal time before its emersion. 



Barber, Rome, Italy, (33) ; the sky was so good that 8 very small 

 stars were visible to him within one diameter distance from the moon, 

 and the Galaxy and Zodiacal Light were brilliant. 



c = 2.3 i^ inch; at the middle of the eclipse the central parts of the lunar 

 disk were especially dark, and the markings upon it were barely 

 to be distinguished ; the circumference .... was much brighter. 

 Ricco, Modena, (34) ; sky not stated. 



