NO. 9 r.RIGHTNESS OF LUNAR ECLITSES FISHER YJ 



1894 ^^ 14 i 0.231 ; Grade 2 



c Antarctica, S. and C. Africa. 



Barnard, Mt. Hamilton, (112) ; skj' not stated, but he observed and 

 made photographs all through. 



= 2.0 12 inch and its finder; in 12 inch, a pale, ashy, dusty shade, with 

 scarcely any boundary line ; in finder, outline of shadow quite marked. 

 Limb of the moon and details on the surface seen while in shadow — 



limb more conspicuous than at same stage in other eclipses I 



think it was lighter than usual. 



Comas-Sola, Barcelona, (113); excellent sky; astronomical twilight. 



c = 5.2 Opera-glass ; there are seen in the shadowed part the principal lunar 



configurations, as Mare Imbrium, Mare Frigoris, etc In spite 



of dawn and low altitude, the eclipsed part more visible than ever 

 [at about a quarter-hour before end of totality. He observed no red.] 

 Riccd and Mascari, Catania, (116), Pilloy, Chateau-Thierry, (iiS), 

 Ladoiix, Frontignan, (114), agree as to the lead color of the shadow, 

 Pilloy seeing a faint tint of red. 



1895 III 10; 1.627 ; Grade 2 



c E. Black Sea, near Nova Zemlya, Alaska, Pacific, Antarctica, Portu- 



guese E. Africa, middle Red Sea. 

 Observers at NorthHeld, Minn., (124) ; sky beautifully clear. 



c — 1.7 At the edge of the umbra the light was quite bright, so that the more 

 prominent details of the moon's surface could be seen with the n. e. 

 .... Toward the center of the shadow the illumination lessened 

 rapidly .... the surface markings could hardly be distinguished 

 [with the n. e. ?]. 

 Dunienil, Yebleron, France, (119) ; aureole and halo. 



c = 2.3 Marine glass, 5.8 cm.; in the early stages, shadow black like soot, no 

 detail visible. Previous to mid-eclipse, brighter, itw details visible, 

 but Mare Crisium pretty plain. Later during totality, the moon was 

 absolutely invisible to the n. e. 

 Martial, Ploermel, France, (122) ; sky of perfect limpidity. 



c 1=2.3 S-7 ^^^- '' much like the report of Dumenil, except that he was not able 

 ever to see any details during totality. 

 Everett, Greenwich, Engl., (121) ; nothing about sky. 



c--=2.4 Opera-glass; ruddiness confined to lower half of disk; 4 inch; no 

 ruddiness, maria easily seen in telescope. 



Bosshard, Winterthur, Switz., (117) ; clear, except for occasional small 

 thin clouds near the end. 



c = 2.6 3V2 inch; at beginning of totality, ]\Iare Crisium weakly visible; this 

 and other details were not noted at mid-eclipse ; Grimaldi appeared 

 as a dark spot just before end of totality. 



c:=2.9 Perrine, Mt. Hamilton, (125); haze the entire evening, sufficiently 

 thick to interfere materially, especially with the occultations. The 

 moon's disk was visible at all times, and quite conspicuous except for 

 a brief time at mid-transit, and even then the outlines of the principal 

 dark areas were visible to the n. e. 



Eddie, Grahamstown, Cape Colony, (120) ; sky apparently good; twi- 

 light came with beginning of totality. 



