22 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 76 



iSgg VI 22; 1.487; Grade 0? 



c Siberia, near end of AHaska Pen., Pacific, W. Antarctica, S. Atlantic, 



near Antanarivo, Indus Valley. 



Bernacchi, Cape Adare, Antarctica, (170) ; fine and clear, but misty; 

 but small stars in Sagitta and Crux were visible during totality. Aper- 

 ture not stated ; he calls it " the big telescope." Eclipse visible 

 throughout. 



c=i.6 During this time there was absolutely no ... . detail observable on 

 the lunar surface, and at no time was the whole of the disk visible. 

 .... During the first half of totality the western limit was of a dull 

 red color, and the eastern quite invisible. During the latter half it, 

 was the reverse. 



Grade 0, with interrogation point because of the mist, and the aper- 

 ture not being given. 



1899 XII 16; 0.996*;' Grade 2 



c Far S. Atlantic and Pacific, Weddell Sea. 



Lafitte, Sa'ida, Algeria, (176) ; sky not stated, 

 a 0.9 c Opera-glass ; the principal seas. 



Saija, Catania, (180) ; sky clear throughout. 

 a I.I c In the finder, 4 cm., the topography of the eclipsed part is entirely 



invisible, but in the telescope, 15 cm., well enough. 



Daguin, Beyris, France, (172) ; sky very pure, stars brilliant, the red 

 a I.I c color is bright and sufficiently transparent to allow details to be 



recognized in it, even without telescope. 



Grein, St. Hippolyte, France, (174) ; sky not stated. 

 c=:i.i 4.3 cm.; the principal spots were quite visible. 



King, Leicester, Engl., (175) ; clear sky throughout, 

 a 1.2 c 2% inch; the seas plainly visible. 



Liizct, Mar£illy-en-Villette, France, (178) ; exceptional conditions. 

 c^ 1.2 4.3 cm. ; the general background during maximum eclipse, bright wine- 

 color, the seas a decidedly bluish ashy color. 



Crusinherry, Des Moines, Iowa, (171) ; sky slightly hazy; aperture not 

 c = 2.0 stated. At the middle of the eclipse the center of the moon was quite 



dark, but the " seas " showed up finely in the finder of the telescope, 



and Tycho was quite easily seen. 



Gauhert, Martinique, ^173) ; sky admirable; aperture not stated. 

 ■ The cirques, seas, the lunar topography were perfectly visible during 



maximum. 



Levreau, Santiago del Estero, Arg., (177) ; sky and means not stated. 

 The form of the seas very visible in the shadow. 



Maclachlan, Largs, N, B., (179). 

 • 5 inch ; the details of the features of the moon were curiously irregu- 

 lar in visibility .... without any apparent cause, such as interference 



by clouds. 



* This is treated as a total eclipse in Tables 2, 4, 5. 



