﻿SOLAR 
  ECLIPSE 
  OF 
  NOVEMBER 
  30, 
  1834. 
  

  

  237 
  

  

  Beginning. 
  

  

  End. 
  

  

  Observer. 
  

  

  Place 
  of 
  Observation. 
  

  

  h. 
  m. 
  sec. 
  

  

  h. 
  m. 
  

  

  sec. 
  

  

  

  

  1 
  15.3 
  

  

  3 
  37 
  

  

  55.3 
  

   54.3 
  

  

  Wistar. 
  

   Lukens. 
  

  

  C. 
  Wistar's 
  House, 
  Germantown. 
  

  

  

  

  58. 
  S 
  

  

  T. 
  M'Euen. 
  

  

  T. 
  M'Euen's 
  House, 
  Philadelphia. 
  

  

  10.3 
  

  

  38 
  

  

  01.3 
  

  

  C. 
  M'Euen. 
  

  

  

  

  37 
  

  

  52.9 
  

  

  Young. 
  

  

  Third 
  Street, 
  near 
  South 
  Street. 
  

  

  14.2 
  

  

  

  14.4 
  

  

  Espy. 
  

  

  100 
  south 
  Eighth 
  Street. 
  

  

  20.0 
  

  

  

  

  Riggs. 
  

  

  

  15.8 
  

  

  38 
  

  

  00.2 
  

  

  Walker. 
  

  

  

  Observations 
  of 
  the 
  temperature 
  during 
  the 
  eclipse. 
  By 
  T. 
  M'Euen. 
  

  

  Hour. 
  

  

  Therm. 
  Fahr. 
  

  

  Hour. 
  

  

  Therm. 
  Fahr. 
  

  

  1 
  12 
  

  

  50°. 
  5 
  

  

  2 
  40 
  

  

  45°.00 
  

  

  1 
  24 
  

  

  50 
  .0 
  

  

  2 
  50 
  

  

  45 
  .00 
  

  

  1 
  30 
  

  

  49 
  .0 
  

  

  2 
  55 
  

  

  Dew 
  point, 
  24 
  .00 
  

  

  1 
  42 
  

  

  48 
  .0 
  

  

  3 
  00 
  

  

  44 
  .75 
  

  

  1 
  58 
  

  

  47 
  .25 
  

  

  3 
  15 
  

  

  44 
  .50 
  

  

  2 
  10 
  

  

  46 
  .5 
  

  

  3 
  45 
  

  

  44 
  .50 
  

  

  2 
  20 
  

  

  46 
  .0 
  

  

  3 
  55 
  

  

  44.00 
  

  

  2 
  30 
  

  

  45 
  .25 
  

  

  

  

  Note 
  of 
  Meteorological 
  Observations 
  made 
  during 
  the 
  Solar 
  Eclipse 
  of 
  November 
  30th, 
  1834. 
  

   By 
  «/?. 
  D. 
  Bache, 
  Professor 
  of 
  Natural 
  Philosophy 
  and 
  Chemistry 
  in 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  

   Pennsylvania. 
  

  

  The 
  day 
  of 
  the 
  eclipse 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  days 
  above 
  the 
  ordinary 
  

   temperature 
  of 
  the 
  season 
  ; 
  a 
  thermometer 
  which 
  on 
  Thursday 
  the 
  4th 
  

   of 
  December 
  stood 
  in 
  the 
  shade 
  at 
  2 
  P.M. 
  at 
  35^° 
  Fahrenheit, 
  stood 
  

   in 
  the 
  same 
  place 
  on 
  November 
  28th 
  at 
  51°, 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  on 
  the 
  

   29th 
  at 
  48°, 
  on 
  the 
  1st 
  of 
  December 
  at 
  51°, 
  on 
  the 
  2d 
  at 
  47°, 
  and 
  on 
  

   the 
  day 
  of 
  the 
  eclipse 
  at 
  455°. 
  During 
  the 
  eclipse 
  the 
  thermometer 
  

   in 
  the 
  shade 
  fell 
  from 
  49° 
  at 
  1 
  o'clock 
  to 
  43 
  i° 
  at 
  2 
  h. 
  22 
  in., 
  the 
  tem- 
  

   perature 
  being 
  obtained 
  by 
  swinging 
  the 
  thermometer. 
  On 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  day, 
  which 
  was 
  cloudy, 
  the 
  clouds 
  being 
  however 
  less 
  dense 
  

   than 
  on 
  the 
  30th, 
  the 
  thermometer 
  rose 
  during 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  2^°; 
  

   and 
  on 
  the 
  28th, 
  at 
  which 
  time 
  there 
  were 
  fewer 
  clouds, 
  2|°. 
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