[ i6 5 ] 
f< cflet if n 43'. quantitas obfcurationis 8 digit. Ea 
<£ tinita, fol clevabatur E x Schickardo in 
“ MS.” This Eclipfe was Tdecemb. 13, in the 
Year of Chrift 977, the Beginning at 8 h 25-', and the 
End at io h 45-' apparent Time in the Morning. 
“ Anno eodem dieSabbathi, videlicet 29 menfis 
“ Sywal (numero decimi, qui Pafchaiis eft eorum) 
<c cclipfis Solis occupavit digitos y\. In principio 
“ Sol altus fere $6*. In fine Sol occiduus elcvaba- 
“ tur gradibus 26. Ex Schickardo in MS.” 
This Eclipfe was June 8, in the Year of Chrift 978. 
The Beginning at 2 h 31', and the End at 4 h 50' 
apparent Time Afternoon. 
“ Anno Hegirre 368 (qui incoepit die 9 Augufli , 
“ anno Chrifiiano 978) die Jo-vis, 14 Sywal, Luna 
“ fuit orta cum defe&u, qui ad 5*- digitos accrevit ; 
“ cum extaret fupra horizontem gradibus ctiam 26 
“ fubaudio finem tunc accidifte). Schickardus .” — 
This Eclipfe was May 14, in the Year of Chrift 979 ; 
but as the Middle cannot be known from what was 
obferved of it, I made no ufe thereof in this Enquiry. 
The Account concludes with the following Para- 
graph : 
“ Hre tres obfervationes habitcc funt ab Ibn-Junis, 
“ qui juflu Regis Abu-Haly Almanzor , fapientis, 
“ <^yEgyfto tunc Imperantis, rebus vacabat coelef- 
“ tibus. Hujus authoris tabulas habet Jac. Golius 
“ Profeflor Lugdun. (qui mihi inde communicavit 
t( ifta) in quibus plures aliae, fui et fupeiioris xvi ob« 
“ fervation-es extant. Locus obfervationis propinquus 
“ utbi Cahiro. Schickardus ” 
That 
