Miscellanies. 1 59 



A. Beginning. Prof. Johnson noticed dark indentations for eight se- 

 conds after the first disturbance of the limb. 



B. Arch of faint light, with speck or brush in centre, round the moon's 

 limb beyond the cusps ; brush or blaze in centre, between cusps, extend- 

 ing outwards about two digits. One cusp broken at end, presenting a 

 bright bead. 



C. Arch of light much increased in brightness ; the brush or blaze, at 

 first in the centre, now extends from cusp to cusp; radiation outwards, 

 nearly three digits; cusps distant 30° on sun's limb, a broken point or 

 bead at each end. This phase noted as that of the formation of the ring 

 byNos. 1,2, 3, 4, and 11. 



D. Formation of ring, or instant of osculation of limbs. This phase 

 noticed as the approach of two sharp well defined points to a contact by 

 Nos. 5 and 15. It was observed at the instant when the cusps, appa- 

 rently 20° of the sun's limb apart, suddenly united by the extension of 

 four or five luminous beads, or rounded portions of the sun's disc, by 

 Nos. 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, and 14. 



E. Omitted in the table. This letter refers to the time when the dark 

 lines, described by Van Swinden and Baily, should have appeared. 

 They were not seen by any observer, though carefully searched for. 



F. Perfect ring, the beads of light having united, or run into each 

 other suddenly. 



G. Counterpart of E, not observed though looked for. 



H. Rupture of ring, counterpart of D. Took place at a point, and 

 so noted by all the observers. 



I. Appearance of beads, five or six in number, extending from cusp to 

 cusp. 



K. Counterpart of C in every respect. 



L. Counterpart of appearance just preceding C. Brush or blaze of 

 light, narrowed down to a small space, 3° or 4° on the moon's border, 

 extending outwards 2§ digits ; cusps still broken, as seen by most of the 

 observers. Nos. 5 and 15, however, saw no irregularity of cusps, no 

 beads of light. 



M. Final disappearance of arch of faint light, with brush of light ex- 

 tending beyond the middle, having previously become very faint. This 

 phenomenon observed with great care and certainty by No. 10. 



N. Appearance of dark lines extending into the sun's disk, noticed by 

 Nos. 3, 4, 10, and 14. The time noted by Nos. 3 and 14 as the end of 

 the eclipse. 



O. End of eclipse, inferred by each observer from his notes. 



P. Final disappearance of the dark lines, the sun's disc having re- 

 sumed its natural shape. Nos. 3, 4, 10, and 14 inferred the time of O 

 as at some instant intermediate between N. and P. The time of exter- 

 nal contact difficult to determine, on account of this irregularity. 



