28 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 76 



greatest phase, although the lunar markings were very plain just 



before the moon began to leave the shadow^. 



Ward, Wanganui, New Zealand, (244) ; beautifully clear ; aperture 



b = i.i not stated. Brilliancy of the moon was very remarkable 



Principal markings could be made out by n. e., much faint detail was 

 seen in telescope. Aristarchus, which appeared to be wholly obliter- 

 ated at half immersion in the dusky hue, now shone conspicuously. 

 Gale, Waratah, N. S. W., (242) ; perfectly clear. 



b := I.I 10 inch reflector and 3^ inch ; all the gray plains and Tycho visible to 

 the n. e. 

 le Cadet, Phu-Lien, Indo-China, (240) ; good conditions. 



c = i.5 7.5 cm.; disk visible throughout, except at beginning. Shadow un- 

 equal, generally red, bright enough in south to see details of sur- 

 face; a dark zone, concealing all detail, enveloped all the northern 

 seas and the Oceanus Procellarum. Eastward of this it brightened 

 during the second hour of totality and appeared darker on the Mare 

 Nectaris, Mare Fecunditatis and Mare Tranquilitatis. 

 Dias, Guadalajara, Mexico, (241); good weather; means not stated. 



a-b Details of the globe and the general configuration of its mountains 



and seas were seen. 



1907 I 28; 0.711; Grade 0? 



c Texas, Hudson's Bay, Caspian Sea. 



E. Lopez, Chignahuapan, Mexico, (245) ; best atmospheric conditions; 

 a 9.7 c twilight. During the early part of the eclipse the covered part was 



invisible to the n. e. ; this continued as the dawn came on. 



Grade 0, with interrogation point because only observations with 



the n. e. are reported. 



1907 VII 24; 0.620; Grade i 



c Mozambique Channel, Antarctic ice, Antarctica, S. Pacific. 



Diaz, Guadalajara, Mexico, (247) ; breaks in clouds, 

 c 1.5 e 10.2 cm.; the details of the lunar configurations were completely 



lost, and not before 10.15 [after mid-eclipse] were we able to observe 



some of the bright and radiant craters involved in the earth's shadow. 



E. Lopes, Chignahuapan, Mexico, (248) ; bad atmospheric conditions 



at first, later fine. With telescope [aperture not stated] the aspect 



and color of the shadow is such that all the peculiarities of the lunar 

 surface are very readily distinguishable. 



Constantin, Port-au-Prince, (246) ; magnificent weather ; means not 



stated. Aristarchus continued visible in the shadow. 



1909 VI 3; i'.i64; Grade 2 



c Persia, Norway, Greenland, Labrador, Mexico, S. Pacific, Antarctic 



ice, Indian O. 



Serrano, Frenda, Algeria, (253) ; sky not stated. 

 c = 2.i 4.3 cm.; during totality, all selenographic details easily seen. 



Taffara, Catania, (254) ; sky not stated. 



