Yale College in the city of NEW HAVEN, in the State of Connecticut. Lat. 41° 17′ 58. Long. 72° 57′ 46′′. City of NEW ORLEANS, in the State of Louisiana. Lat. 29° 57' 45". Long. 90° 49". Town of NEWPORT, in the State of Rhode Island. Lat. 41o 29'. Beginning of the Eclipse Long. 71° 21' 14". h. m. 9. Greatest Obscuration Duration of the Eclipse Digits eclipsed 10° 32' on Sun's South limb. Point first touched 100° 50' from the vertex. City Hall in the City of NEW YORK, in the State of New York. Duration of the Eclipse 2 35 53 Digits eclipsed 10° 37' on Sun's South limb. Point first touched 97° 2 from the vertex. State-House in the City of PHILADELPHIA, in the State of Pennsylvania. Lat. 39° 56' 59". Long. 75° 10′ 59′′. Brown University in the City of PROVIDENCE, in the State of Rhode Island. Lat. 41° 49' 25". Long. 71° 25′ 56′′. The Capitol, in the City of RICHMOND, in the State of Virginia. Lat. 37° 32′ 17". Beginning of the Eclipse Long. 77° 27′ 28′′. h. m. 8. 0 47 59 A. Greatest Obscuration Mean Time at Duration of the Eclipse Digits eclipsed 11° 7' on Sun's South limb. City of SAVANNAH, in the State of Georgia. Lat. 32° 2. Long. 81° 3'. "the whole Eclipse Point first touched 81° 51' from the vertex. At the nearest approach of the Centres, distance of the Town of TUSCALOOSA, the Seat of Government of the State of Alabama. h. m. 5. 1 16 55 A. 1 17 51 Nearest approach of the Centres 1 17 52 Mean Time at Point first touched 68° 59′ from the vertex. At the nearest approach of the Centres, distance of the The Eclipse at Tuscaloosa will, according to the Tables, be very nearly central. North limbs 18.69/ The Capitol, in the City of WASHINGTON, in the District of Columbia. Lat. 38° 52′ 54". Long. 77° 1′ 48′′. The phases of the Eclipse at the following places were not strictly computed (which was consideredun necessary), but were estimated from the preceding. It is believed, however, that they will be found by observation to be very near approximations to the truth. The above are expressed in mean time of the respective places, Monday and Tuesday, December 15th and 16th, the Moon eclipsed, visible throughout the United States. Occultations of the Planets and of Stars of not less than the fourth magnitude visible in Boston, in the year 1834, in Mean Time of the Meridian of Boston. Mean time at the respective places. Digits eclipsed 8° 10′. 4.] mersion of 's Centre 6h. 25 2m. M. Thursday, November 20th, at 9h. 1m. A. Nearest approach D to rs. 31 South of the Moon. In Canada, the Northern extremities Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, and Michigan, the net will be eclipsed. Tuesday, December 2d, at 2h. 5' A. Nearest approach of the Moon Venus, 9' north of the D. In the Southern States the planet l be eclipsed. ECLIPSES OF THE SATELLITES OF JUPITER IN 1834, sible throughout, or in some part of, the United States, in Mean Time for the Meridian of Greenwich, reckoned according to the manner of Astronomers, who begin the day at the noon of the civil day and count the hours up to 24, or to the succeeding noon, when another day is commenced. 66 23 11 8 21.4 28 11 38 "L 29 8 59 Feb. 3 16 26 |