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moonlight, without sunlight, while they g^zed upon the stars. 

 The eclipse in its first contact was invisible ; the other two con- 

 tacts were seventeen seconds ahead of time. There were distinct 

 red protuberances on the corona. 



ECIvIPSE. 



The fleeting of the waves of light was photographed and 

 measured and found to recede at 700 metres a second. 



Among the many contrivances was a paper disc affixed to an 

 alarm clock ; it had an opening through which it received light as 

 the minute hand revolved. 



The King oi Spain paid a visit to the observatories. A most 

 interesting report came from Manager Spee who, with the skilled 

 assistance of eight Jesuit priest artists, sketched the eclipse from the 

 observatory of Merrid College. 



HAMILTON EXPEDITION. 



The closer a thing is brought home to us the more interesting 

 it becomes. Up Hamilton Mountain at 5.30 a. m., August 30th, 

 some 30 or 40 members of the Hamilton Astronomical Society and 

 their friends ascended the mountain and took possession of the few 

 telescopes and instruments erected the day previous. There was a 

 tent to shelter them from a great rainstorm which preceded the 

 eclipse. This eclipse has been described by a learned member. I 

 will only mention the prelude. Shortly after the moon had started 

 its course across the sun's disc, the heavy clouds, which till then 

 reigned supreme, split asunder, and from 6.45 till 7.20 there was a 

 good view of the eclipse. There was no corona as there was not a 

 total eclipse. 



Perhaps the moon projected 4° above tlie horizontal line drawn 

 from east to west through the centre of the sun's disc. 



It was quite visible to the naked eye, as the sun's rays at that 

 early hour are not strbng. A few photographs were taken, but the 

 effects of the eclipse on this globe were not well marked at our 

 point of observation owing to the terrible thunderstorm which had 

 preceded the eclipse. 



