10 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 76 



2^ inch. I could detect the limb of the moon through the shadow 



almost as soon as it began to creep over the disk At 11 o'clock 



the moon presented a superb spectacle, blood-red 



1S80 VI 21; 1.071; Grade 2? 



c S. W. Pacific, Antarctic ice, Antarctic and Indian oceans. 



Tebbutt, Windsor, N. S. W., (45) ; cloudless. 



c=:i.o 4^ inch; .... badly defined nature of the periphery of the shadow 

 .... the eclipsed moon a conspicuous object .... unusual bright- 

 ness for a total eclipse, especially on the southern limb. 



c= i.o (43) ; nothing about means or sky; well seen at Melbourne Observa- 

 tory .... the usual copper-red colour .... the western edge of the 

 moon retained a greater brightness than the rest of its surface during 



the whole period of totality The features of the moon were 



plainly visible throughout the darkest phases. 



Russell, Sydney, N. S. W., (44) ; air very clear and nearly calm. 



c=i.o 11V2 inch; .... the red light .... more conspicuous, and yet was 

 so translucent that all the conspicuous features of the moon could be 

 seen, even the markings on the inner wall of the Aristarchus, etc. 



Grade 2, with interrogation point because dependent so largely on 

 Tebbutt's recollection of previous eclipses. 



188 1 VI 11; 1.36s; Grade i 



c N. Atlantic, Artie N. America, N. Pacific; almost a complete great 



circle of sea. 



Barnard, Nashville, Tenn., (46) ; sky not stated. 

 c = 2.i .... the moon was strikingly conspicuous during totality. It was 



of a beautiful bright cherry red, and the general details of its surface 



were very noticeable in a 5 inch telescope. 



Hall, Washington, D. C, (47) ; means and sky not stated, 

 c = 2.6 Nearly all the details of the surface of the moon could be seen during 



the total eclipse. 



Hooper, Harvard, Mass., (48) ; clear ; faint astronomical twilight. 

 c ^ 3.3 4 inch ; . . . . even during the middle of totality .... the most promi- 

 nent details of lunar scenery were easily made out. Color .... a 



dull orange red. 



1881 XII 4; 0.979; Grade 2 



c S. Pacific, Antarctic ice, S. Africa. 



Piat, Bagdad, (51) ; very cold; nothing but sky. 



c=i.2 Good opera-glass; in the red region the details were perfectly dis- 

 tinguishable. 

 lohnson, Bridport, Engl., (50) ; sky propitious, civil twilight. 



c =: 6.9 Telescope, aperture not stated; western seas; Aristarchus, a white 

 spot in the coppery disk .... continued so. 



Rand Capron, (52) ; place not stated ; the moon was low and the night 

 misty; small banks of clouds on the horizon; in England somewhere. 

 3]^ inch ; no red patches or brilliant tints were seen, but the nioon's 

 configuration was well made out through the shadow. 



