14 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 76 



1888 VII 22; 1.816; Grade i 



c S. Greenland, Arctic Archipelago, near Sitka, Pacific, Wilke's Land, 



Cape Colony, Gulf of Guinea, Morocco, N. Atlantic. 



Barnard, Mt. Hamilton, (79) ; evening clear, 

 c := 2.3 6j^ inch ; details during totality singularly indistinct. 



Valderrama, Teneriffe, (82) ; sky not stated ; dawn at mid-eclipse, i. e., 



strong astronomical twilight. 

 b=:2.3 2j^ inch and opera-glass; during totality the configurations of the 

 c:=7.7 lunar surface were continuously visible. 



Duprat, Constantine, Algeria, (80) ; sky very pure; dawn a hindrance 



to color observations ; means not stated, but his figure must have been 

 a = 8.5 made with a telescope. The eclipsed part was absolutely invisible. 

 G. H., New Orleans, (81) ; and Romani, Port-au-Prince, (8ia), both 



had very favorable conditions, but otherwise report very incompletely. 



Both speak of the copper color and redness of the moon. 



i8Sg I 16; 0.696; Grade 



c Libya, Black Sea, Russia, Siberia. 



Barnard, Mt. Hamilton, (83) ; sky not stated, but he observed through- 

 out the eclipse. 

 c= I.I 12 inch; the obscured portion of the disk was conspicuous to the n. e. 



throughout nearly all the eclipse, and appeared of a lightish red 



color The prominent objects were easily seen within the 



shadow [presumably with the telescope]. 



Mitchell, Chester, Engl., (86) ; beautifully clear, clouded over before 



mid-eclipse, 

 c = 2.5 8^ inch reflector; with a low power the darkened limb was just 



visible. 



Eginitis and Maturana, Paris, (85) ; sky fine at first, completely 



covered after mid-eclipse. 

 c = 2.9 Equatorial ouest; the dififerent craters, and in general all the details 



of the eclipsed part very clearly distinguished. 



Stuyvaert, Brussels, (87) ; favorable weather, image throughout sharp 



and steady. 

 c = 3,o 15 cm. ; the lunar formations disappeared rapidly as soon as they were 



invaded by the shadow. 



le Cadet, Lyons, (84) ; sky not stated, 

 c = 3-2 38 cm. ; almost all the details visible in the shadow. 



1889 VII 12; 0.486 ; Grade o 



c N. S. Wales, Antarctic ice, Magellan Str. 



Riccd, Palermo, (93) ; sky apparently clear. 

 c = 2.9 25 cm.; notable lack of light and color compared with preceding 



eclipses. Aristarchus visible a while after immersion. 



Mascari, with Ricco. 

 c := 2.9 25 cm. ; shadow very dark, Aristarchus hardly visible, in contrast with 



other eclipses, when it and others were very visible. 



V. Gothard, Hereny, (88) ; sky not stated ; astronomical twilight. 



