90 Governor Hennessy on the Total Eclipse of the Sun. [Recess, 



Observations of the Total Eclipse of the Sun, August \$th, 1868. 

 H.M.S. 'Rifleman? Barram Point. 



Phenomena observed. 



Mean Time at Place. 



Captain 

 Keed. 



Mr. Pay. 



Mr. Ellis. 



Mr. 

 Doorly. 



First contact of moon with sun s 

 limb * 



Contact of moon's limb with pen- 

 umbra of No. i spot 



Contact of moon's limb with left of 

 No. i spot 



Contact of moon's limb with right 

 of No. i spot 



Contact of moon's limb with sun's 

 centre 



Contact of moon's limb with centre 

 of No. 2 spot 



Contact of moon's hmb with No. 3 

 spot (double) 



Contact of moon's hmb with No. 4 

 spot 



Sun totally obscured 



Pose-coloured mass left side disap- 

 peared 



Altitude of planet Venus 30 32' 

 (Carey's Grovt. sextant, no error)... 



Planet Venus distant from nearest 

 limb of moon 37 28' 



Rose-coloured protuberance appeared 

 below 



Altitude of lower limb of moon 66° 

 30' 



First appearance of sun's limb t 



No. 1 spot reappeared (centre) 



Venus disappeared from view 



No. 2 spot reappeared (centre) 



No. 3 spot (double) reappeared 

 (centre) 



No. 4 spot (double) reappeared 

 (centre) 



Last contact of limbs J 



12 20 io"8 

 12 21 16-3 1: 

 12 22 49*3 



1 06 38-8 



1 13 5 8 "3 



1 2c 09^3 

 1 23 13-3 



1 25 38-3 



1 27 51-3 



1 29 25-3 



2 07 36-3 



"'5 

 16-8 

 12 22 49*3 

 12 40 06-3 

 1 06 38-8 

 1 13 57-3 



1 23 13-3 



1 26 51-3 

 1 27 oi'3 



i 27 51*3 

 1 29 25-3 



1 37 °3'3 



2 29 05*3 

 2 35 39'3 



2 43 58-3 

 2 48 3 ri 



h m s 

 11 56 07- 



12 21 19-8 



12 22 49 3 



1 06 43-3 



1 13 57-3 



1 23 14-3 



1 27 19-3 



1 29 26*3 



2 29 05*3 

 2 35 39*3 



2 48 32-1 



2 29 05-3 



2 48 31*1 



Jno. W. Peed, 

 Staff Commander in charge of China Sea Survey. 



Remarks. — ll h m a.m., wind W.S.W. 2 b. c, a hazy appearance about the horizon. 



* Accompanied by a figure representing the sun touching the moon on the upper 

 right, the line joining the centres being inclined about 45° to the vertical. 



t Accompanied by a figure representing the sun as emerging vertically beneath the 

 moon. 



I Accompanied by a figure representing the sun touching the moon on the lower 

 right, the line joining the centres being inclined about 45° to the vertical. 



