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Tabular Summary of the Principal Magnetie Facts 
thus far obtained during Tota 
Solar Eclipses. 
;|L. M.T.|g | Deflecti EX 
* Date 2f SH = I wein PNE Vert. ei 
S of STATION FE rer or. "n^. lInt. ato d 
E 4 N, SEI Maxim. El of needle Total-|8 ® 
È Beli Ee axim. (3 otal- 8$ 
BCH DSC. "e Obscur; 2 Before After | Before After ity. ki ij 
DSCUF. Totality. Totality. s A S 
1870,Dec.22| Terranova, Sicily. Ni 1P57PpW| E | W| — | —| —- {8S | 
1901, May 18| Manila, Philippines. |N| 2 38 p E| E | W |Iner. Deer.| Deer. S 
I 1901, May 18) Batavia, Java. S|1 7 pE| W | E {Deer Incr. | Iner.| N A 
1901, May 18, Karang-Sago, Sumatra. S| 0 25 p EJ W | E | Deer.) Deer) — IN 
1901, May 18| Sawah-Loento, Sumatra S| 0 23 p E| — | E | — | — | — IN 
1900, May 28| Union Springs, Ala. |N17 53 ajE| W | E | — | — | — IN 
1900, May 28| Rocky Mount, N. C. |N| 8 40 aW| W | E |Deer.Iner.. — IN 
11/1900, May 28| Toronto, Canada. N|9 0 aW| W | E ¡Decr.¡Incr. |Deer.!N | 
1901, May 18| Mauritius. S|753 aW] E | W Mu — Sc 
| 1871, Dec. 19: Batavia, Java. S 10 98 a e E|W|-|—!-—18 
The conclusion as to the nature of the eclipse-effect deserves 
much confidence, it being very plausible, that the interception 
of sunlight by the moon has an effect analogous to that 
originated by the interception of sunlight by the earth itself 
during nighttime; but the observed effects, put together in 
the table above are rather incomplete and in some cases 
uncertain. 
Besides, if the effect is opposite for the hours before and 
after noon, as well as for the two magnetie hemispheres, it 
must be zero or of a more intricate character for an eclipse 
: at noon and for a locality on the magnetic equator. 
E Now totality occurred practically at noon at Karang-Sago 
: and Sawah-Loento in 1901; hence it is that these stations 
are not to give a place into this table without further 
restrictions — but without them this table becomes rather 
incomplete. 
