on an Eclipfe of the Sun. up 
vation on board the Efpagne, the aforefaid fhip’s la- 
titude was 37 0 14" North, meafured the fame day; 
that fince noon it had failed direct Eaft; that from the 
end of the eclipfe to its being in the meridian of Cape 
St. Vincent it had failed 301 fea miles Eaft, making 
100 fea leagues, reckoning 20 leagues to a degree, 
remains to be known the difference of meridians of 
the faid Cape and the meridian of the different obfer- 
vatories of the capital cities of Europe, in order to de- 
termine the part of the fea in which the obfervation was 
made relatively to the obfervatories. 
The folar fpots were feen very diftincftly both before 
and after the eclipfe ; there were fix of them in all : two 
very near each other on the Eaftern part of the difk ; two 
towards the middle of the difk, likewife very near one 
another; 
Vaiffeau l’Efpagne commandant Pefcadre de la flottede Vera CruZj ce V an etoit 
par 37 degres 14 minutes de Latitude Septentrionale, obfervee le meme jour ; que 
depuis leMidy il avoit fait route a Peft dire&ement ; que depuis la fin de l’Eclipfe 
jufqu’a etre nord fud avec le Cap St. Vincent il a navigue a l’eft 301 milles 
maritimes qui font ico | lieues maritimes de 20 au degre; refte a favoir la 
difference de Meridien entre le dit Cap et les different Obfervatoires des villes^ 
capitales de l’Europe, pour determiner l’endroit a la mer ou Tobfervation fufcc 
faite relativement aux dits Obfervatoires. 
Les laches du Soleil furent vues tres diftin£ement avant et apres PEclipfe ; , 
elles etoient au nombre de fix : deux a la partie de Peffc du difque peu difiantes 
Tune de P autre : deux vers le milieu du difque aulfi affez pres Tune de Pautre t: 
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