[ ‘8 3 
When the Silk is dry, the Feather once made 
electrical, fo as to be repell’d by the Tube, retain'd 
that Virtue above two Hours in frofty Weathers but 
in moift Weather loft it in half a Minute. 
i 
V. Extrafi of a Letter from the Hon ble Ed- 
ward Legge, Efq^ F. R. S. Captain of his 
Majesty^ Ship the Severn, containing 
an Obfervation of the Eclipfe of the Moon, 
Dec. 2i. 1740. at the Ifland of St. Ca- 
tharine on the Coajl of Brafil 3 communicated 
to the Royal Society by the Rev d Jof. At- 
well, Z). Z). F. R. S. 
*Dec. 2i. 1740. 
KeAj jan. a 1. “ "W Obfervcd an Eclipfe of the Moon, 
, 74 1 ' 2 - « w hi c h began very nearly at five 
“ Minutes after Seven j but the Horizon being hazy, 
<c I could not obferve exa&ly the Beginning : How- 
(t ever, it ended exaftly to a Moment at 50 Mi- 
“ nutes after Nine. I fet my Watch by two Ob- 
“ fervations before, that I might be exa& in Time, 
t( and confirm’d it by one after s fo that I believe I 
“ may venture to fay it was right : And I obferved 
“ with one Telefcope on board, and fent another on 
“ Shore, which agreed exactly together.” 
This Eclipfe was obferved at the Ifland of St- 
Catharine , on the Coafts of Brafil > and the Captain 
places the faid Ifland in Latitude 27 0 30'. Mr. Gael 
Mor - 
