32 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 76 



c = 3.o At mid-eclipse, with an opera-glass, and especially with 7.5 cm., 

 Aristarchus, Kepler, Copernicus white, Grimaldi and Plato dark. 

 Leboeuf and Chofardet, Besangon, France, (283) ; sky not stated. 



c = 3.4 Opera-glass and n. e. ; limb and principal details quite visible. 



Several other observers, with larger telescopes, or who do not 

 state aperture, corroborate the visibility of details. 



1917 I 7; 1.369; Grade 2 



c Spain, Wliite Sea, near Yokohama, Pacific, near Wellington, Ant- 



arctic ice, S. Atlantic, near C. Blanco. 

 Prior, Hayling Id., Engl., (288) ; sky clear ; civil twihght. 



b = 6.9 aVi inch and binocular; the lighter formations visible in binoculars 



c = 18.7 throughout. 



Ellison, (287) ; place not stated; most favorable of weather condi- 

 tions ; so clear that he saw Venus on the horizon edge. 



S}i inch; Proclus was hardly visible, Aristarchus not much more so, 



Pliny and Menelaus were conspicuous, and a small crater .... a 

 point on the rim of Dionysius .... shone like a small star for 

 some time after entering the shadow. 



ig>i/ VII 4; 1.625; Grade 2 



c Lapland, N. Atlantic, Guiana, near Santiago, S. Pacific, Tasmania, 



near Manila. 



de Paolis, Rome, (292) ; splendid weather, 

 c ^ 2.8 13. 5 cm. ; the lunar topography was easily recognizable, even during 



totality. 



Rey, Marseille, (293) ; sky pure, 

 d = 2.8 With field-glass, a few details visible. 



Ellsworth, Lyons, (289) ; at first much cloudiness, later clear ; astro- 

 nomical twilight, 

 c = 3.8 5.8 cm. ; could see certain details of the surface. 



Grabowski, Lemberg, (290) ; good weather ; astronomical twilight. 

 = 3.7 12.2 cm. and 7.2 cm.; the shadow was pretty bright, so that even 



within it the details of the moon's surface were for the most part 



clearly visible. 



Weber, Leipzig, Ger., (294) ; sky not stated ; civil twilight. 

 c^4.7 14 cm.; around, but not in, the darkest region, certain details visible. 



Nodon, Bordeaux, (291) ; sky very pure; apertures used not stated. 



The principal peculiarities of the lunar surface remained perfectly 



visible during the duration of the eclipse. 



1917 XII 27; i.oii ; Grade 2 



c S. E. Pacific, Antarctic ice, Tasmania. 



Reichelt, Honolulu, (295) ; sky not stated. 

 c=i.o The dark and light spots and the familiar markings on the moon's 



surface were almost as easily distinguishable during totality as under 



ordinary conditions. 



