44 ^7 ASTRONOMICAL A&p | 
"Obfervations of a folar eclipfe, April i2, 1782, made at the 
| Prefident's. houfe. 
."The.going. of my clock was afcertained in the fame manner 
as at the time of the lunar eclipfe, in March. i 
-~ Mr. Caleb Gannett and Mr. William King obferved the eclipfe 
with me. "Mr. Gannett and I had the fame telefcopes that we 
ufed for obferving the lunar eclipfe. Mr. King was furnifhed 
_ with a good reflecting telefcope, the magnifying power of which 
“was about 40. At the beginning of the eclipfe the clouds were 
troublefome ; fo that the entrance of the moon upon the fun’s 
` Timb was not feen by us, .or by any of the obfervers in Cam- 
bridge. But the clouds difperfed foon afterwards, and the atmot- 
phere became perfectly clear; fo that we had a very favourable 
~ time for obferving the end of the eclipfe, which was, 
Apparent Time. 
. By Prefident Willard, at 2h gpr 41 PM. 
Mr. Gannett, 4132 
Mr. King, 2 51 4J 
As we were not furnifhed with a micrometer, no other obfer- 
vations, of any confequence, were made by us upon this eclipfe. 
Obfervations of the tranfit of Mercury over the fun’s difc, No- 
vember 12, 1782, made at the Prefident's houfe. 
"The going of my clock was determined, for this paenpme» 
non, as for the eclipfes, in the fpring. 
Mr. Caleb Gannett obferved with me. We were farnifhed 
with the fame telefcopes that we made ufe of for obferving the 
| cdlipes. Our phicrvabobs were as follow. 
= ^ g 
e qe D aft int. cont. 2d int. cont. ad ext. cont. 
B By et mies 5o TY 6 27 Ioh 12! 37! 11h23! 2” 11h29 327 A.M. 
y E FIM Su ied 30 1245. II! 23 36 1i 29 29 
Mean, ? mas Sé x X do v cR M 12 wt" i II = "d EU. 29 30% - 
T eis WIS i 212120 Gonia mn M 
