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Xl. Obfervations of the Solar Eclipfe of the 29th of Otober, 
_ 1780, made at Newport, Rhode-Iland, by Mon/: de Gran< 
CHAIN. Tranflated from the French, and communicated by 
the Reverend keeles WILLARD. 
es.per ^Y. Troe Times, 
HE inftant when it was perceived "h. : a aar 
that the eclipfe had began,* 9.24 827-15. 70 22 
Preceding limb of thefunatthevertical, 11 21 39 © 57 27 
Upper limb of the fun at the horizontal, — 21 $4 $9 42 
Upper horn at the horizontal, _ 22; :3 57 $1 
Limb of the moon at the\vertical, 22 45 58 33 
Upper horn at the vertical, d y ($8 $5 
Lower horn at the vertical, doubtful, 23 7 $9 23 
Lower horn at the horizontal, Pg rper lag 
Lower limb of the fun at the horizontal, 31 2 "OEV 
Preceding limbof thefunat the Vertical, 44 E yA STES TE T T 
Upper limb of the fun at the horizontal, 37 59... 13 48 
Upper horn at the horizontal, u89:421o 2244.21 
Limb.of the-moon at the vertical, |^... paffed, = ta” 
Upper horn at the vertical, ——— i7 38149 050446 
Lower horn at the vertical, 39 19 io 8 
Lower horn at the horizontal, 43:38 19 28 
Lower limb ef the fun at the EE E ob 5: 1890 21 17 
^N. B. The apparent upper and lower limb of the planet, in the telefcope of 
the B= teat which inverts Pte n is here called the upper and lower limb. 
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* When it was perceived that an iatiprelbok was made upon the limb of | fis fa, 
the eerie had beea begun 1/20"; therefore, the true beginning was at 10^ 58! 52”. 
