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I had an impression that the moon’s edge could be traced 
a short distance from the edge of the sun at the upper and 
lower points of contact, but this might be imagination. 
The black surface of the moon appeared very uniform in 
colour. I tried with powers of 80 and 180 to distinguish 
the moon’s disc, but did not succeed. Light clouds were 
passing over the sun’s disc at this time. The diminution in 
light was quite perceptible at the time of the greatest 
phase. 
Mr. Baxendell said that he observed the commencement 
of the Eclipse at Cheetham Hill. The first contact took 
place at Ilk. 5m. 46 - 2s. G.M. Time, or 24 - 2 seconds later 
than the time calculated by Mr. Dickinson and Mr. Hind. 
The definition of the limbs of the sun and moon, and of the 
spots on the solar disc, was remai’kably good, and he 
did not think his observation of the time of first contact 
could be in error to the extent of one second. The limb of 
the moon on the sun’s disc appeared to be more sharply 
defined than the sun’s limb. No distortion of the cusps 
was noticed. Unfortunately he was obliged to leave the 
observatory before the end of the eclipse, and therefore did 
not observe the time of last contact. 
“Notes on some of the High Level Drifts in the Counties 
of Chester, Derby, and Lancaster,” by E. W. Binney, F.R.S., 
F.G.S., President of the Society. 
Introductory Remarks. 
Until late years little attention has been devoted to the 
study of the deposits of Drift, found on the sides of the 
Pennine Chain, and the hills lying between Macclesfield and 
Buxton. 
The late Mr. J oshua Trimmer drew attention to the beds 
of Drift on Moel Tryfaen, in Caernarvonshire so early as 
1831. 
