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fervaflon was made with my 4^ foot Tdefcope, with all 
four Glaffes in it. 
TheObfervationof the EcHpfeof the Sun on the 27th 
of November 1703, was as follows. 
At half an hour paft 8 in the morning, I fet my Clock 
cxadly by my Ring- Dial, and at half an hour paft 9 they 
nicely agreed, at 
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IP CO The Sun was not touch'd. 
06 The Moon entered on the SS W Point as near as 
I could judge. 
I ^ The Eclipfe was conGderably advanced. 
20 feem'd to be about half a digit eclipfed., rather 
more than lefi, and the Se&ion to be a fmall 
matter more Weftwardly. 
10 25 Much the fame, and near the fame point. 
30 feem'd to be lefs. 
33 i The middle of the Seftion nearer the S W, and 
the Diameter of the Seftion left every way. 
37 I Much lefs and nearer the Weft. 
44 y It ended, and was juft over, going off near the 
S W, fo that all the while it wasj within a 
point or two of the place where it firft came 
on, or between the S S W and the S W. 
I judg'd when it was at the height, that the Chord of 
the eclipfed part was neareft equal to the fide of an m- 
fcrib'd Decagon, or fubtended about of the Periphe- 
ry of the Sun's Disk. 
I obfer v'd this Eclipfe with a Telefcope of one joynt, 
4 foot and a half in length, and had only 2 Glafies, fo 
that it inverted the objeft 5 and I had a red Glafb whica 
fuited it, fo that I could fqrew it in juft before the Eye- 
Glafs, and was Hot fain to hold it in my hand, as when 
I ob- 
