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O&ob. f 9 48 24 /2 emerged from the Moon. 
[The three laft with a two- 
feet reflector.] 
48 44-5- /3 paffed the horary wire of 
the micrometer in the equa- 
torial inftrument of two feet 
focus. 
48 f 5 The Moon’s preceding limb 
pafled the fame ; the flat 
then apparently north of the 
Moon’s fouth limb 1 5' 4 " ^ 
declination. 
Eclipfe of the Sun. 
O&ob. 2f 20 30 10 The eclipfe had been fome time 
begun ; but, for clouds, could 
not be feen till now ; when the 
diftance between the cufps, 
meafur’d with the new mi- 
crometer, applied to a two- 
feet refle&or, was 12' 264". 
21 i f 23 The diftance between the cufps 
2 9 ' 49 "- 
18 6 The diftance between the via- 
ble limbs of t-he Sun and 
Moon 11' 32". 
22 18 f 6 The dilfance between the cufps 
24' 12% 
The day before, about 10 in the morning, the 
Sun’s horizontal diameter was 32' 17". 
Thefe meafures were all taken, when the fun con- 
tinued vifible but for a few feconds, through the 
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