[ 4^5 ] 
1768. 
January 3. 
True time, 
h ! " 
17 36 25 
17 39 53 
17 43 23 
17 43 53 
17 45 53 
17 4b 54 
17 51 22 
Parts en- 
Parts e- 
lightened. 
clipfed. 
! n 
/ n 
28 57 
2 23 
29 42 
I 38 
29 59 
I 2 i 
31 32 
1 0 
Mare Imbrium out of the (ha- 
dovv, which did not cover one 
half of it. 
The Moon’s limb begins to be 
vifible. 
End of the eclipfe. 
Moon’s diameter. 
Much penumbra ftill left. 
Now as before the eclipfe began. 
Now little or nothing fenfible. 
Durino- the night of the eclipfe the Iky was gteyifli* 
and°overfpread with thin clouds ; but the ftars 
might be difcerned. The fliadow pretty well 
defined, and would have been much more it 
the fky had been clear. The cold was confi- 
derable all night long, the thermometer marking 
1 1 degrees below o, on Reaumur’s fcale. 
Obfervation of the total Eclipfe of the Mooi^ the 23d 
" cember, .768, in the Evening, at the fame Obfetvatory of^he 
Marine, with the fame Newtonian , he Wert 
Sky ferene during the 23d Day, but fome Clouds „ 
dming the Eclipfe t iii the Eaft ferene, with a «l Mift. 
which was favourable ; the Shadow well defined. I had no 
View of the Moon, at the Horizon, becaufeof elevated Lan 
Objects. 
True time, 
h / " 
4 27 o 
Parts en- 
Parts e- 
lightened. 
clipted. 
/ n 
/ n 
The Moon beginning to appear 
over the church of Notre 
Dame, feeming to the bare 
eye half way eclipfed. Tycho 
already fome minutes emerged. 
Goo ^ 7 ^S 
VoL. LIX. 
