Mr. Bowditch on the solar eclipse, Sept. 17, 1811. 271 
on the other observations of this eclipse, it was thought that the com- 
puted longitude would be more accurate if the uncorrected values 
were used, as in the following calculation. 
roe App. time. ()-©) Par. long. Par. lat. >) aug. 8. D. 
Beginning Of. 36’ 05” 6 48"8  32'53"1 — 14° 5329 
End 3 45 58 —1746°9 44 38 °2 14 48 °89 
Hence the apparent time of conjunction was at 1. 59’ 09"*5, which 
subtracted from 6/. 57’ 6’*1 leaves the longitude of the place of ob- 
servation 4h. 57’ 56’”°6=74° 29’ 9” W. Hence Queen’s College, 
which is 38” E from Mr. Garnett’s, is in 74°28’ 31” W from Green- 
wich. This will be combined hereafter with the observation at New 
York. | 
At Yale College, New Haven, by Professor Day, Sept. 17, 1811. 
The latitude of the place of observation is 41° 17’ 58”, reduced 41° 
06’ 35” N. 7 
: App-time. () -©) Par ar.long. Par. la >) aug. S. D. 
Beginning Oh. 44’ 12"*7 5’ 50"*8 34! O49 14’ 53”°10 
End 3 51 56 7 —17 451 A5 24°35 14 48 °59 
Hence the apparent time of conjunction was at 2h. 5’ 1 15/0, and 
the longitude of Yale College 44, 51° 51°:1=72° 57’ 46" W from 
Greenwich. _ 
At Rutland, Vermont, by Doctor Williams, Sept. 17, 1811. 
These observations were published in the Washingtonian, a paper 
printed at Windsor, Vermont. ‘ The beginning of this eclipse was 
*‘at 12h. 41’ 46”, the end wasat 34. 46’ 31”. Little orno uncertainty 
“ seemed to attend these observations. ‘The clock was carefully reg- 
_“ ulated by corresponding attitudes of the sun, taken for several days 
_“ before, and on the day of the eclipse, ah dat ae 
~ “ of equal altitudes—The telescope a reflector with a magnitying 
