Miscellanies. 165 



h. m. s. 



End, . . . . . . 5 44 28.7 



Duration of eclipse, . . . .. 2 32 11.5 



Do. of ring, .... 4 15.6 



Arch of faint light, with brush in centre, seen before the formation of 

 the ring. Arch seen after rupture, brush of light not recollected. For- 

 mation and rupture of the ring, by broken portions of the sun's border, 

 several in number, not round like beads, but arched portions of the ring. 

 These continued several seconds, and then suddenly united in the first 

 instance, and separated in the last, without, however, exhibiting the dark 

 lines figured by Baily. 



Nos. 21 and 22, by Charles Wister and his son Caspar E. Wister, at 

 the Observatory of the former, Germantown. Latitude 40° 1' 59" N. Lon- 

 gitude 2.7s. in time west of the State House. With 2 ^ and 2 feet Gre- 

 gorian reflectors. Astronomical clock regulated by a 3 feet transit in- 

 strument. 



C. Wister. C. E. Wister. 



h. m. s. h. m. s. 



Beginning, . 

 Formation of ring, 

 Rupture of ring, . 

 End, 



Duration of eclipse, 

 Do. of ring, . 



" The lucid points and dark intervening spaces corresponded closely 

 to Baily's description." 



No. 23, John Griscom. Latitude 9.7" N., longitude 0.35. in time 

 west of the Observatory of Haverford School. With a 3^ feet Dollond 



achromatic, power 80. 



h. 7n. s. 

 Beginning, . . . . . 3 12 18.6 



Formation of ring, . . . . 4 30 3L6 

 Rupture of ring, (not reported.) 



End, 5 44 26.6 



Duration of eclipse, .... 2 32 8.6 

 Do. of ring, (not reported.) 



No. 24, by Prof James Hamilton, of Burlington, New Jersey. Lati- 

 tude 40° 5' 10" N. : 69.1s. in time east of State House, Philadelphia. 

 With a five feet achromatic, power 80. Clock regulated by equal alti- 

 tudes with a sextant. 



h. m. s. 



Beginning, . . . . . 3 14 23.7 



Formation of ring, .... 4 32 32.6 



Rupture of ring, . . . . 4 36 19.6 



End, 5 46 8.5 



