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3. An Obfervation of the Eclipfe of the Sun, on 
Feb. 18. 1737. made at Edinburgh, by Colin Mac 
Laurin, Profejfor of Mathematics in that Univer - 
(ity y and F. R. S. in a Letter to Martin Folkes, 
Efqy F. P- R . S 
SIR , 
I Hope the following Account of the late Eclipfe of 
the Sun, as it was obferved here, and in other 
Parts of this Country, will not be unacceptable to 
you. In the Hiftory of Eclipfes colleded by Ric - 
cioluSj there are very few faid to be Annular ; and of 
thefe fome have been controverted, as that feen by 
Clavius at Rome 7 April 9. 1567, and that feen by 
JeJfenius at Torgaw in Mtfnia , Feb. 2 y. 1 598, which 
are both difputed by Kepler. Some Aftronomers, 
Antient and Modern, have been of Opinion, that no 
Eclipfe can be Annular 5 and fince fuch feem to have 
been rarely obferved, and I have not met with a parti- 
cular Defcription of any of them, I fhall give you as 
full an Account of this Eclipfe as I can coiled from 
the Obfervations that were made here, and thofe that 
have been communicated to me from the Country. 
The Sky was generally favourable in the Southern 
Parts of Scotland during the Eclipfe 5 and though there 
were great Showers of Snow in the North, they had 
fometimes a View of it. There was fomething very 
entertaining in the annular Appearance, a ‘Pheno- 
menon that was equally new to all who faw it, that 
gave great Delight to the Curious, without ftriking 
Terror into the Vulgar. It extended Southward ah 
moft to Morpeth in Northumberland y and beyond X?i- 
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