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Bliscellanies. 



Sept. 21, 1838. — The Committee on the solar eclipse of the 18th of 

 September, made a report in part, comprising the observations made at 

 Philadelphia, the principal results of which are as follows :* 



The observations made at Philadelphia are fifteen in number. A list 

 of observers, telescopes, &c. is given in the following table. The correc- 

 tion in the third column is to be added algebraically to the latitude of the 

 place of observation, to obtain that of the State House, -f 39° 56' 58". 

 The correction in the fourth column is likewise to be added to the local 

 longitude in time, to obtain that of the State House, -j- 5h. Om. 39.2s. 



* For observations on this eclipse, made at Yale College, see Vol. xxxv, p. 174, 

 of this Journal. — Eds. t Doubtful. 



