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ECLIPSE OF THE SUN. 
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June 4 Firfl: contaft at 6 6 54 ieen perhaps a little too late. 
Laft contadl at 7 ig 28 exadl. 
Clock before mean time o i g 
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Elev.ofo’s l.limb by Hadley’s quad, at f ^^contaft 14 41 1 both ex- 
^ ^ [adcontaft z8 55 J aft. 
Dip of the horizon, for 1 60 feet above the level of the fea, is to be allowed. 
Sir, 
T Have been difappointed in the pleafure I pro- 
rnifed myfelf, when I faw you, of obferving 
fome occultations of fixt ftars, by the Moon, 6cg. 
We^ (hall be glad, if thefe obfervations can be of any 
fervice. We have endeavoured to difcover to you the 
degree of dependance to be placed thereon. 
With regard to the clock, we conclude from thele 
equal altitudes (correcting for difference of declination, 
&c.), that, on the of June, it was before mean 
time I 8 ,8, You will eafily difcover if there is 
any error. We afterwards regulated by frequent 
equal altitudes, by a meridian line on the bottom of 
a vyindow, and by the fetting of (tars behind fome 
folid buildings. 
The latitude appears, from thefe double altitudes, 
to be fomewhere between 36° 3', and 36° 4' ^ but 
from more correct declinations, &c. you will be able 
to determine it more precifely. 
For the eclipfe, we hud no micrometer, nor any 
cdivr n^ethod Oi determining the quantity of it. 
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