24 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 76 



0=1.3 .... before long the seas were visible, even without magnifying 

 power .... the white streaks so conspicuous at full moon were dis- 

 cernible .... coppery hue .... revealed lunar topography with un- 

 expected distinctness, especially in a telescope. [4 inch.] The color of 

 the seas closely resembled a dull gray object, such as gray paper, on 

 which light through a red lamp falls. The streaks were discernible, 

 even those around Copernicus, and the latter crater was more con- 

 spicuous than Tycho. Aristarchus as usual outshone all other fea- 

 tures 



Johnson, Bridport, Engl., (194) ; sky and aperture not stated. 



a 3.1b .... Over one fourth eclipsed, but no details of this part visible. 



As the moon sank down toward the horizon it could be discerned as a 

 faint ruddy circle until 6 o'clock, when the daylight overpowered the 

 totally eclipsed disk. He thinks it a very dark eclipse. 

 Marckwick, Devonport, Engl., (195) ; clear breaks between showers; 



b = 4.4 astronomical twilight. He says nothing of details ; would call this a 

 " bright " eclipse. 

 Godden, London, Engl., (192) ; sky not stated. 



a 4.6 b [Just before totality.] In field-glass, margin of eclipsed area very 

 red, the " seas " area black as soot. [Just after totality began] margin 

 coppery, " seas " as black as before. 

 Crommelin, Greenwich, (191) ; weather conditions perfect; there was 



■ not the slighest difficulty in tracing the moon's limb, even when the 



sky was quite bright with twilight. He followed the eclipsed disk of 

 the moon low down, even through London smoke .... was not a 

 very dark eclipse. 

 Howe, Chamberlin Obsy., (193) ; one haze cloud mentioned. 



First observation, 20 inch, the eclipsed portion was totally invisible. 



Later, the whole became visible, in 5 inch and to n. e., before visible 

 in 20 inch. Nothing about details. 



Amateur observers in Mexico City, (196) ; good weather; aperture not 



stated. During the totality it was possible to observe the details of the 



lunar surface. 



Wilson, Goodsell Obsy., Northfield, Minn., (199) ; sky not stated. 



Opera-glass ; at the beginning of the totality .... across the equator 



was a dark shadow, in which no detail could be seen at all ... . not 

 due to clouds. [He makes no other reference to detail.] 



Almost all observers mention a dark smear across the moon, 

 especially in the early stages. There is disagreement about the 

 visibility of the eclipsed limb in the early stages. 



Grade 1 is a compromise among discrepancies. 



J903 IV 11; 0.973 ; Grade 



c E. Siberia, Kara Sea, Arctic O. 



1.5 to 4.5 Many observers, instruments large and small, generally good condi- 

 tions, within the area Lisbon, Syra, Kasan, Nassjo, Sunderland. All 

 agree, shadow at first black, later dim. No detail observed by anyone. 



