282 Mr. Bowditch on the solar eclipse, Oct. 27, 1780. 
part of Long Island in. Penobscot River (which appears to be called 
Williams’s carrying-place in Hollond’s chart) in the latitude of 44° 17’ 
07-26, reduced 44° 05’ 39”, the reduction of the moon’s equatorial 
parallax being 5°83. Messrs. Williams, Winthrop, and Atkins ob- 
served both contacts with the largest telescopes. The beginning, as 
observed by them respectively, was at 114. 11’ 8”, 114. 11’ 38”, LIA. 
1)’ 13"; the end at 14, 50’ 25”, 1h. 50° 17” or 19”, and 1h: 50’ 28” ap- 
parent times. The mean of these times was used. 
App.time. ()-@) Par. long. (d- @) Par. lat. ) aug. S. D. 
Beginning 114. 11’ 19-7 +25’ 02'*8 44/016 16’ 3034 
End 1 50 24°0 —l 59°7 53 01°4 16 28 2] 
Hence the apparent time of conjunction was at Of. 50/ 44’"0, 
which, subtracted from the time of conjunction at Greenwich 5h. 26’ 
041, leaves the longitude of the place of observation on Long-Island 
Ah, 35’ 20"-1 W from Greenwich. 
An increase of / seconds in the moon’s latitude would eaece 
the time of conjunction at Long Island 0.52 7 seconds, which sub- 
tracted from the corresponding correction at Beverly and Chelsea 0°53 
leaves the error of the longitude of Long-Island — 0:01 /, arising from 
an increase of / seconds in the.moon’s latitude. Hence it is evident 
that an error of 10 or 12 seconds in this element, will not sensibly af- 
fect the longitude of that place, calculated by the above observation. | 
"At Charlotte Town, Island of St. John, Gulf of St. taser 
Oct. 27, 1780, 
" Observations were made at this place, by Messrs. Clarke and 
Wright in the latitude of 46° 13’ reduced 46° 1’ $2”, reduction of the. 
equatorial aa 6”"23. 
()-O) Par. long. 230 ar. lat. } aug.S.Ds 
Beginning he 41’ 3, 35” +20! 04-6 ¢ gn) ee 16’ ng SD. 
End Wat ba te —5 136 ee 16 27-08 
