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caver a' greater and greater part of the San, and the 
Light decreafe. The Eclipfe was obferved only with 
feme Glaffes, either darkned with Smoak, or but little 
tranfparent 5 and by receiving the Sun’s Image, through 
a ‘fix foot Telefcope, which reprefented the Obje&s in- 
verted,- upon a white Paper, placed at fome Diftance, 
from the Eye-Glafs. When the Sun was near being 
totally dark, the bright Crefcent, which did remain, was 
feen to diminish more and more, upon the Paper, where 
its Image was received. . And when thatCrefcenr was re- 
duced to a very narrow Breadth, and to a very little 
Length, it was Teen of a fudden to difappear : Add in 
that Moment the whole Sun was eclipfed. At the fame 
Inftant of Time, the Darknefs, which was already very 
confiderable, did become much greater. The Clouds did 
change of a fudden their Colour, and became Red, and 
then -of a pale Violet. There was feen, during the 
whole Time of the total Immerfion, a Whitenefs, which 
did feem to break out, from behind the Moon, and to 
encompafs it on all fides equally. The fame Whitenefs 
was but little determined, in its outward Side, and was 
not broad the twelfth part of the Diameter of the Moon. 
This Planet did appear very black, and her Disk very 
well defined, within the Whitenefs, which encompaffed 
it about, and whofe Colour was the fame, with that of 
a White Crown, or Halo, of about four ©r five Degrees 
in Diameter, which accompanied it, and had the Moon 
for its Center. The Star of Venus was feen, at the fame 
time, at fome Diftance, without that Crown, between 
the ^aft and N. E. in reference to the Sun. The Planets 
of Saturn and Mercery were feen alfo by many, Eaftward 
from the Sun’s place. And if the Sky had been clear, 
many more Stars might have been feen, and with them 
the Planets of Jupiter and Mars ; that towards the Eaft, 
and this toward the Weft : And fo the feven Planets 
might have been feen, almoft all at once. Accordingly 
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