Peck, William G. (William Guy), 1820-1892 · New York, Chicago, A. S. Barnes & company · leaf 188
an observer who is any-where on the surface of the preceding part, and just ending to an ob-server who is anywhere on the surface of the follomng part When the preceding surface of the moons penumbra strikes theearth the general eclipse begins, and the point at which the contact ECLIPSES. 183 takes… … Fig. 85. General Eclipse of October, 1865. Explanation. The eclipse first touches the earth in long. 30° 51 12 W. ofWashington, in lat. 35° 07 30 N., at the instant of sunrise there, it being then atWashington 8h. 17m. a.m. The eclipse ends on the earth in mid-ocean, in long.53° 18 18 E. of…
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