﻿TOTAL 
  ECLIPSE 
  OF 
  THE 
  SUN, 
  JULY 
  28, 
  1851. 
  

  

  345 
  

  

  One 
  reason 
  which 
  induced 
  us 
  to 
  select 
  a 
  station 
  on 
  the 
  opposite 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   river 
  from 
  Goteborg, 
  was 
  to 
  avoid 
  what 
  Halley 
  in 
  his 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  solar 
  eclipse 
  

   of 
  1715, 
  quaintly 
  terms, 
  being 
  " 
  opprest 
  by 
  too 
  much 
  company." 
  We 
  were, 
  

   therefore, 
  not 
  a 
  little 
  disconcerted 
  at 
  finding 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  people 
  resorting 
  to 
  

   the 
  hill 
  we 
  had 
  chosen. 
  But 
  the 
  fears 
  we 
  entertained 
  of 
  being 
  interrupted 
  proved 
  

   quite 
  groundless, 
  for 
  with 
  much 
  propriety 
  of 
  feeling, 
  every 
  one 
  kept 
  at 
  a 
  respect- 
  

   ful 
  distance 
  during 
  our 
  observations. 
  When 
  the 
  eclipse 
  was 
  over, 
  a 
  venerable 
  

   Swedish 
  clergyman 
  came 
  up 
  and 
  shook 
  hands 
  with 
  us 
  ; 
  an 
  example 
  which 
  was 
  

   followed 
  by 
  a 
  good 
  number 
  of 
  his 
  countrymen 
  who 
  were 
  present. 
  We 
  did 
  not 
  

   understand 
  each 
  other's 
  language, 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  necessary 
  that 
  we 
  should. 
  Our 
  

   mutual 
  congratulation, 
  although 
  silent, 
  was 
  quite 
  intelligible, 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  sure 
  it 
  

   was 
  warmly 
  felt 
  on 
  both 
  sides. 
  

  

  Table 
  I. 
  Magnetic 
  Bearings 
  from 
  Ramberget, 
  the 
  station 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  Eclipse 
  xvas 
  

  

  observed. 
  

  

  Station. 
  

  

  Mag. 
  Azimuth, 
  reckoned 
  

   from 
  North, 
  Eastward. 
  

  

  Lejonet, 
  .... 
  

  

  Christine 
  Kyrkan, 
  

  

  Domkyrkan, 
  

  

  Kronan, 
  .... 
  

  

  Carl 
  Johan's 
  Kyi'kan, 
  . 
  

  

  Nya 
  Warfvet 
  Telegraph, 
  

  

  Elfsborg, 
  .... 
  

  

  107° 
  45' 
  

   135 
  45 
  

   140 
  30 
  

   168 
  45 
  

   216 
  15 
  

   227 
  53 
  

   257 
  00 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  station, 
  Elfsborg 
  is 
  not 
  included 
  in 
  my 
  map, 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  employ 
  its 
  

   azimuth 
  in 
  my 
  calculation. 
  The 
  position 
  of 
  Ramberget 
  was 
  determined 
  from 
  the 
  

   remaining 
  six 
  azimuths 
  along 
  with 
  the 
  following 
  data 
  kindly 
  furnished 
  by 
  Lieu- 
  

   tenant 
  Pettersson 
  from 
  his 
  own 
  observations. 
  

  

  The 
  Navigation 
  School 
  is 
  situated 
  in 
  lat. 
  57 
  s 
  42' 
  6 
  "-2 
  N. 
  ; 
  long. 
  h 
  47 
  m 
  51 
  s 
  E. 
  

   The 
  true 
  azimuth 
  of 
  a 
  telegraph 
  shewn 
  in 
  the 
  map, 
  on 
  a 
  hill 
  named 
  Stigbergsasen, 
  

   as 
  seen 
  from 
  the 
  Navigation 
  School, 
  is 
  108' 
  56 
  55" 
  NW. 
  

  

  The 
  variation 
  of 
  the 
  compass 
  at 
  Goteborg 
  on 
  the 
  1st 
  April 
  1851, 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  

   be 
  17° 
  15' 
  W. 
  

  

  