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took place gradually in the fame order which had been 
obferved at its beginning and during the progrefs of it. 
It difappeared entirely four or five feconds before the 
emeriion. The colour of the light was not the fame 
every where; the part immediately joining the difk of 
the Moon was of a reddilh caft, from thence it changed 
towards a pale yellow, which about the middle began to 
clear till, at the external extremity, it ended in an almofi: 
entire white. It was equally brilliant throughout, and 
the whirling motion, common to all the parts of it, 
feemed to change the form and pofition of the rays 
which appeared to the eye fometimes larger, fometimes 
fhorter, at the fame time that there was no change either 
in the colours of the ring themfelves, or in the arrange- 
ment of them, both which continued as I have defcribed 
them. 
For 
meme ordre qui f’etoit obferve clans fon commencement et fes progrls : il difpa- 
rut entierement 4 ou 5 fecondes avant remerfion. La couleur de la lumiere 
n’etoit pas la meme partout : la partie immediate au difque de la Lune etoit cou- 
leur rougeatre, enfuite elle tiroit fur le jaune pale; et depuis le milieu jufqu’a 
Ikxtremite exterie.ure cette couleur jaune f’eclaircifToit infenfiblement jufqu’a 
tirer en fin tout a fait fur le blanc. Elle etoit egalement brillante partout ; et 
fon mouvement de tourbillon, commun a toutes fes parties paroiffoit changer 
la forme et la pofition des rayons en les prefentant a la vue, tantot plus courts* 
tantot plus longs, fans cependant occafionner de changement dans les couleurs 
4 e Fanneau et leur arrangement qui reftoit le meme que je viens de detailler. 
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