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Observations on the eclipse of the sun, June 16, 1806. $l 
OBSERVATIONS AT ALBANY BY MR. S. DE WITT. 
_ LATITUDE of place 42° 38" 39” N, reduced 42° 27'13" N. Lon- 
gitude made use of in calculating the parallaxes 4h, 55’ 47 W from 
OT ee SO eee Se eS ns Ne Pe a i ee eS ee ee 
4 4 ’ ‘ 
Greenwich. 
: Mean |)’s se-| D Spat —O” bd gc 
time. |midia. | in long. 
g h, th vial 
Beginning of total darkness 11+ 8*12°6)16°41°2 4-9: 73 —20: 281 
~ Ena of total darkness 1 113° 3°6)16°41°2,4-8: 1495 ]— 
Heace the mean time ofthe ecliptic conjunction was 
This, subtracted from the time of the conjunction at Salem, 
Leaves the sciiits of Albany W from Salem 
" Ma 1s S = ashe. we assess oad 45s ts Bae 
me The eet or cherie eS x ai Pee 
slats ws (econ NEW YORK. 
“LATITUDE, of Kinderhook 42° 23’ 3” N, reduced 42° 11 37” N. 
Longitude made use of in calculating the ae 4h. eat 1s" wo 
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coe eieeeraes bo en One Ya Bi =: pw —O"s par. 
ere ee Sr ae time D.| in a ‘ip Jat...; 
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Beginning of the eclipse 49°37 ss 23" 46) 
_ Beginning of total darkness iT; sali 16-4 1° 4 9 12° wae ae ys 
_-End of total CRTEDESS File1229}1641° ih §-22- — 20° 645°” 
: of the eclipse 033-45]16° ALSl— 6°44°6)—— 19°22) I 
M ean time. — 
eternal contacts was at 1th. 25’ Fite, 
FS ah ti | contacts aes i 95 42 
Ther mean of all I four observations gived ‘the SOnpe ‘conj. Wer eee 855k9'T 
cans lahieiasidih Aiglht Adi sinier df: thetconjunctlon:'e Setetny SAP 87 20 7 
Se ae 11 38 6 
Re Keri e = oe St-W from Groconigh. ag Ral! 6 
i all TTANT A’'T DITTIT ANTI Pur Ay BY MR. esa 
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