On the Early Babylonian Ecliijsc of the Sim. 
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Considering the other ecUpses : — ■ 
EcUpse of - 1217, June 5th. The path of this ecHpse can be brought 
centrally over Babylon by a possible system of corrections intermediate 
between Nevill I. and Nevill II., with the time of central eclipse about 
half an hour before sunset. Under these conditions the eclipse agrees 
well with the phenomena recorded at Babylon as occurring in the seventh 
year of the king Merodach-Baladin I. or the seventh year of the king 
Adad-shum-utsur, according as the beginning of the reign of the king 
Nabti-mukm-apli be placed in - 1027 or - 994, in accordance with Sayce 
or Winckler. 
Eclipse of - 1123 May 18th. This eclipse is total in the early after- 
noon, and according to the data Nevill II. derived direct from the obser- 
vations, the path of central totality would pass about 3J° to the north of 
Babylon, and would have a width of about a degree and a half. Hence to 
make it total at Babylon the secular acceleration of the moon would have 
to be increased by about a second of arc, and the secular acceleration of 
the moon's node by about half as much, with small consequential changes 
in the secular motions of each element. These are quite possible changes 
which would bring the secular acceleration of the mean longitude to about 
-f8-4", and that of the node to about -l-7'8". 
Under these conditions the path of central totality would be- 
East Longitude 38" 40" 42" 44" 46° 48° 
North Latitude 31-5 32-1 32-6 33-1 33'5 33-8 
The year - 1123 would correspond to the seventh year of the king 
Marduk-nadin-akhi, who reigned for twenty years, by assigning the acces- 
sion of King Nabu-mukin-apli to the year - 1018, or to the seventh year 
of Nebuchadresser I., who reigned for thirteen years, if the accession of 
Nabu-mukln-apli be placed in - 1000. The day. May 18th, is very early 
for the 26th day of Sivan, but possible on the assumption of the very late 
intercalation of a month. 
Eclipse of —1062 July 31st. On all four systems of correction the 
central line of totality of this eclipse passes from 3° to 6° to the north of 
Babylon, with a width of shadow rather greater than a degree, and it can 
only be made total at Babylon, and so brought into harmony with the 
observed record by increasing the secular acceleration of the moon's mean 
longitude from +6'2" to +11-0", or by decreasing the secular accelera- 
tion of the moon's node from +6'5" to +2-0", which is impossible 
according to theory. The year is probable, but the day, July 31st, cannot 
be reconciled with the twenty-sixth day of the month Sivan," being more 
than a fortnight later than the latest day. 
Eclipse of —1014 July 11th. The central line of this eclipse passes 
from 2° to 5° to the north of Babylon, according to Nevill's and Cowell's 
