K^TSrS^S CITY 
Review of Science and Industry, 
A MONTHLY RECORD OF PROGRESS IN 
SCIENCE, MECHANIC ARTS AND LITERATURE. 
VOL VII. AUGUST, 1883. NO. 4. 
ASTRONOMY. 
ECLIPSES FROM 1800 TO 1900. 
WM. DAWSON, SPICELAND, IND, 
It has been my intention to give in the catalogue below the date of every 
eclipse of the 19th century; though I think it possible that one or two very 
small ones may not have been found. I am satisfied that no one of much size or 
importance has been omitted. Most of those from 1800 to 1850 were determined 
by the Saros, though several were calculated by a more tedious and accurate 
process — as a check on Saros determinations, and to find some particulars which 
the Saros cannot give. The eclipses of 1800, of course, are not counted in this 
<:entury, but given as a sort of convenience. 
The dates given are intended to be the nearest hour of Washington Time, 
though it is probable that some in the early part of the century may be rather 
more than an hour from the time of actual occurrence. A catalogue in Cham- 
ber's astronomy, is the basis for many in the last half of the century. Those of 
1866 to 1885 inclusive, were copied from the Nautical Almanac with the addition 
of the Node, which in all cases, I have given mainly to ascertain (at thought) the 
•direction of series of eclipses, especially solar ones. Those at the descending 
.node tend northward; while those at the ascending node go south. 
In glancing over the table we soon observe that eclipses generally occur two 
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