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difference in the going of the clock, even though 
every part of the clock remains the fame. 
LXXXVIII. An Account of the Rclipfe of 
the Moon , on the 8 th of May 1762, in the 
Morning , ohferved by M?\ Short, in Surrey- 
Street, London. 
Read May i 3 , | diameter of the Moon, (in the di- 
JL/ region of an angle of 45° with the 
horizon, the lower end of the diameter being to the 
weft of the center of the Moon) meafured with an 
achromic ob ; edt-glafs micrometer of 40 feet focus, 
and found to be — 31' 
h / // 
On 7th May, at - 11 35 o 
a. Librae palled the meridian, at - - 11 38 25 
Preceding limb of the Moon on the] 0 
meridian, at - - - _ - - 11 49 5 ° 
Sublequent ditto, at - - - - - n 52 13I 
Penumbra, fenfible, at - - - - 1-3 40 o* 
Diameter of the Moon meafured again, 7 
and found to be = 3 p 26", at -j *3 5 ° 0 
Beginning of the eclipfe, through an 7 
achromic opera-glafs, at - - T 4 12 3 ° 
Shadow very denfe upon the Moon’s] 
limb, at - - - - - _ - _j J 4 0 
So that I conclude the eclipfe began at 1413 o 
The times above are apparent times. 
5 LXXXIX. OR 
