﻿SOLAR 
  ECLIPSE 
  OF 
  NOVEMBER 
  30, 
  1834. 
  245 
  

  

  Time 
  of 
  beginning 
  and 
  end 
  of 
  Solar 
  Eclipse 
  of 
  November 
  30th, 
  1 
  834, 
  observed 
  at 
  Cincin- 
  

   nati, 
  Ohio. 
  By 
  Elisha 
  Dwelle, 
  Surveyor-General's 
  Office, 
  and 
  John 
  Locke, 
  M.D. 
  

  

  h. 
  m. 
  sec. 
  

   Observed 
  time 
  of 
  beginning, 
  3 
  39.7 
  

  

  End, 
  2 
  49 
  39.7 
  

  

  There 
  were 
  a 
  few 
  clouds 
  in 
  the 
  morning, 
  but 
  by 
  eight 
  o'clock 
  they 
  

   were 
  nearly 
  dissipated, 
  and 
  the 
  weather 
  was 
  in 
  every 
  respect 
  favour- 
  

   able 
  for 
  observation. 
  

  

  The 
  thermometer, 
  in 
  the 
  shade, 
  sunk 
  during 
  the 
  observation 
  from 
  

   46° 
  to 
  44°, 
  but 
  rose 
  afterwards 
  to 
  48°. 
  Yenus 
  was 
  distinctly 
  visible, 
  

   and 
  Antares 
  and 
  Lyra 
  were 
  seen 
  by 
  some 
  observers. 
  

  

  Observations 
  made 
  on 
  the 
  30th 
  of 
  November 
  1834, 
  at 
  Nashville, 
  Tennessee. 
  By 
  James 
  

   Hamilton, 
  Professor 
  of 
  Natural 
  Philosophy 
  in 
  the 
  Nashville 
  University. 
  

  

  The 
  day 
  was 
  unusually 
  pleasant, 
  and 
  as 
  not 
  a 
  cloud 
  was 
  visible, 
  the 
  

   opportunities 
  of 
  observation 
  were 
  very 
  favourable. 
  The 
  situation 
  of 
  

   observation 
  was 
  at 
  the 
  University 
  buildings, 
  about 
  three 
  quarters 
  of 
  a 
  

   mile 
  east 
  of 
  south 
  from 
  the 
  public 
  square 
  of 
  Nashville, 
  in 
  latitude 
  

   36° 
  9' 
  32". 
  6 
  6, 
  as 
  is 
  believed 
  from 
  many 
  very 
  careful 
  trials, 
  and 
  in 
  

   longitude 
  about 
  5 
  h. 
  47 
  m. 
  16 
  sec. 
  west. 
  The 
  latitude 
  of 
  the 
  square, 
  

   as 
  determined 
  by 
  circumpolar 
  stars, 
  is 
  about 
  36° 
  10' 
  7". 
  The 
  local 
  

   time 
  was 
  obtained 
  by 
  equal 
  altitudes 
  of 
  the 
  sun, 
  taken 
  by 
  a 
  superior 
  

   sextant, 
  previously 
  adjusted 
  with 
  much 
  care. 
  The 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  sun's 
  

   passage 
  through 
  the 
  wires 
  of 
  a 
  transit 
  instrument, 
  not 
  adjusted 
  how- 
  

   ever 
  precisely 
  to 
  the 
  meridian, 
  but 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  deviation 
  had 
  pre- 
  

   viously 
  been 
  ascertained, 
  was 
  also 
  noted 
  to 
  obtain 
  the 
  error 
  of 
  the 
  

   chronometer. 
  The 
  result 
  differed 
  from 
  the 
  former 
  but 
  one-tenth 
  of 
  a 
  

   second. 
  Unfortunately, 
  in 
  ascertaining 
  the 
  error 
  of 
  the 
  chronometer, 
  

   the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  eclipse 
  was 
  not 
  observed, 
  but 
  the 
  end 
  was 
  looked 
  

   for 
  with 
  unremitting 
  vigilance, 
  and 
  occurred 
  at 
  2 
  h. 
  41 
  m. 
  45.2 
  sec. 
  

   vol. 
  y. 
  — 
  3 
  m 
  

  

  