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it for granted that the Therm# Dioclejian £ arc, ac- 
cording to Bianchini' s Determination, in the Lati- 
tude of 41 ° 54/ 2 7". 
Eclipfe of the Moon, ’Dec. 23. 1749. 
Chord of the Part eclipfed 1 3 Min. as was 
deduc’d from the Map of the Moon - 7* 1 47' 18 ' 
Hence Beginning of the Eclipfe - 7 40 53 
The Shade to Tycho and Capuanus - 7 54, 3 
Tycho inticely covered - - 7 
Shade to Fracaftorius - - - 8 28 43 
Fracaftorius quite hid - - 8 30 24 
Tycho intirely difengaged - - 9 30 24 
End of the Eclipfe, as far as could be 
perceiv'd thro" a thin Cloud - - 10 o 16 
I judg’d the Eclipfe to be fomewhat lcfs than 
five Digits. 
Solar Eclipfe, Jan . 8. i7fo. 
Beginning by a Reflettor of Mr. Short , 
J™. 7. 2 ° h 34 ' 
The firft Spot covered - - 20 49 yo 
The reft could not be obferved for the 
Clouds - 
Quantity of the Eclipfe 7 Dig. 48. Min. 21 49 4 
Again more exadlly - 7 - 43 - 21 fi 28 
-The Sun appears for a] Moment $ Horns 
nearly horizontal - - - 21 56 iy 
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