the great Eclipse of the Sim. 265 
the contrast between several lofty ridges, and the smooth 
almost regular rim of the moon to the westward, was here 
sufficiently striking. 
3. Not having for several days before, and likewise on the 
very day of the eclipse, noticed any spots on the disk of the 
sun, three small ones only excepted, which were perceived on 
the 23th of August ; and it appearing very remarkable to me 
that, with this particular modification of the atmosphere of the 
sun, none of its blazing spots should be perceptible ; I confess I 
was not a little surprised on viewing the sun's disk with my 
large reflector, to find that no, either dark or blazing, spots ap- 
peared on the luminous part, but that the whole visible disk 
was in a manner marbled, or covered over with whitish, more 
or less faint, nebulosities ; as I had indeed seen it some years 
ago with my 7-feet Herschelian telescope, but by far not in 
so striking a degree. I at the same time discovered, westward 
towards the rim of the sun, a very small but distinct blackish 
spot, which other observers with inferior telescopes may well 
not have noticed, since I myself could not see it with my 7-feet 
Schrader 1 an reflector. Some other observations I have 
made I shall reserve for the present. 
Lilienthal, 
Sept. 8, 1793. 
MDCCXCIV, 
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