The ring appears to have been i 

 in the former case. 



It should here be mentioned, as 

 lar tinge of light was seen to extend, for some distance along the 

 disc of the Moon, by M. Cassini de Thury, who observed this 

 eclipse, in company with the King of France, at Compeigne ; al- 

 though at the greatest obscuration, when this took place, the Sun 

 was but 9i digits eclipsed* 



The annular eclipses of 1791 and 1811 were observed in this 

 country ; but no appearance similar to that now under considera- 



Among the accounts given of observations of the total eclipat 

 of 1706, in the (London) Philosophical Transactions, are the fol- 

 lowing remarks, extracted from the Leipsic Acts of the Learned. 



'* There was scarcely one-third part of the sun's disc une- 

 clipsed ; t and several fixed stars, with the planets mercury, 

 renus, jupiter, and saturn, were visible. A shining ring was 

 also observed, surrounding the moon, parallel to Us limb ; it was 

 denser in that part towards the moon, and rarer in that part which 

 was farthest from it ; but it was nevertheless bounded by a very 

 accurate periphery, and plainly to be distinguished from the une* 

 clipsed part of the sun which was above it, toward the zenith. It 

 was less than the uneclipsed portion of the sun's disc, and its 

 brightness was like that of silver. The edge of the moon was 

 pale like clouds, whilst the inner part of the disc was quite black." 



Capt. Stannyan, who observed this eclipse at Bern, in Swit- 

 zerland, where it was total, noticed, that 



The «un'8 " getting out of the eclipse teas preceded by a blood- 

 red streak of light from its left limb, lokich continued not longer 

 than six or seven seconds of timeP 



Mr. J. C. Facis Duillier, F. R. S. who saw the eclipse at Ge- 

 neva, observed, that " during the time of the total darkness, a 

 whiteness seemed to break out from behind the moon, and to en- 

 compass it on all sides equally, its breadth being less than one- 

 twelfth of the moon's diameter,|" 



* See an interesting paper on the solar eclipse of Sept. 7th, 1320. hj 

 Francis Baiiy, Esq. in the Annals of Philosophy. 



t By this it would seem to be intended that the length of the imeclipaed 

 ft?eifreme\reS?h woid lol^e^be'very'smafl.'^" ' ttrcimfertnct. 



t Philosophical Transactions, (abridged,) vol v. p. 296 to 298; or vol. 

 xxT. p. 2241 of the original work. 



