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The internal contad was firft noted at vii’’ 23' 56'''^ 
at vii'^ 24-' 8^', the divided part of the Sun’s limb 
feemed wholly united. 
The edge both of the Sun and Planet were in a 
continual tremor ; at the internal contaft the limb ot 
the Sun feemed, for feveral feconds, to be alternately 
united and a^ain feparated by a kind of {bootings of 
the Planet. 
Thefe obfervations, reduced to apparent time, give 
the external contadf at vu‘’ 7' i", the internal contaa 
at VII*' 25' 9", the duration 18' 8". 
The folar eclipfe was obferved by the fame clock and 
telefcope. It was manifeftly begun at xviii*' 34' 26'', 
according to the time fliewn by the clock. The end- 
ing was exadlly noted at xx*' 20' 8'"^. The Sun’s 
limb appeared very well defined all the morning. 
Thefe obfervations, reduced to folar time, make the 
beginning of the eclipfe at xviii*' 35' 21", the end at 
xx*' 21' 2", the duration i*' 45' 41". 
Obfervations made at Leicefler, with an Hadley’s 
quadrant, of fix inches radius, for determining the 
latitude of the place. 
1769 
April 27 Sun’s diameter on quadrantal arch 
on arch of excefs 
repeated on quad, arch 
on arch of excefs 
Sum of the meridian altitude of the Sun’s upper 
limb, and its depreflion, when reflefted by 
water 
of the lower limb 
29 Sun’s diameter on quadrantal arcb 
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33 
32 
32 
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102 
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