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ged or rough, but not mountainous, becaufe of the 
Sun's Light. There .was. no confiderable Darknefs, 
but the Ground was covered with a kind of a dark 
grcenifh- Colour. Two Stars appeared, the Planet 
Venus , and another farther-Eaftward. 'This Account 
is what you: may depend on; * * r 
y. Obfervations of the Solar Eclipfe, . on Feb. 18^ 
1736-7. made at Trinity-College, Cambridge, and 
at Kettering $ communicated in^ Letter from Mr. 
Charles Mafon to Mr. John Scnex, F.R.S. 
H. M, S. 
The Beginning by the Clock * at 2 36 40 
The End at 5 14 12 ExaftL 
The Eclipf 
eObferved." 
rA |The Eelipfe Obferved. 
,ts 1 
to 
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4 -* 
’ 5 b 
Increafing. 
Decreafmg. 
5 
H. M. S. ! 
1 
H. M. S. 
B H, M. S. 
H. M. Si 
2 39 3 °! 
5 ” 5 ° 
6 ! 
3 22 20 
4 35. 20 
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2 43 00; 
5 9 00 
64 
; 3 26 3° 
14 
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4 2 7 40 ' 
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2 50 25 
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-4 2 3 55 
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2 i 54 . 15 
4 59 30 - 
8 j 
3 39 3 ° 
4 20 10 
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2 58 05 
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4 16. 3.0 
3 l 
3 1 55 
9 * 
Clouds. 
4 13 00 
I 4 , 
3 " 5 5 ° 
9 t 
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4 10 10 
4 j 
3 9 50 
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10 
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4 7 50 
5 
3 14 00 
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5 i 
3 18 10 
3 39 10 
H. M. . S. 
The leffer Spot im merged * ' “ * at 2 58 50 
The greater Spot begun to im merge - at 3 33 05 
The Middle * • * at 3 33 20 
The End at * * • 1 3 33 37 
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