A treatise of eclipses of the sun and moon for thirty-five years, commencing anno 1715, ending 1749 : containing the beginning, middle and ending, the digits eclipsed together, with the types of those that will be visible at London, with the general times of the solar eclipses, and the limits of the shade of the moon determined to which are added, the calculations of the times of the transits of Venus and Mercury over the sun, with the types thereof, for seventy-nine years and the conjunctions of Jupiter and Saturn, to the year 1821 / by Charles Leadbetter.

  • Leadbetter, Charles, active 1728.
Date:
1731
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Credit: A treatise of eclipses of the sun and moon for thirty-five years, commencing anno 1715, ending 1749 : containing the beginning, middle and ending, the digits eclipsed together, with the types of those that will be visible at London, with the general times of the solar eclipses, and the limits of the shade of the moon determined to which are added, the calculations of the times of the transits of Venus and Mercury over the sun, with the types thereof, for seventy-nine years and the conjunctions of Jupiter and Saturn, to the year 1821 / by Charles Leadbetter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A Treatife of Eclipfes. 5 for this Eclipfe will he total, for about two Minutes of Jime, inal the middle Counties of England; but at Crouton in Lancofbire (my Native Place) they will have a Thread of Light on the upper Side of the Sun’s Body, and we at London will {ee the fame Nabardhice on the lower Side’ of his Body ; this is a¢noft unufiial Appearance, and is well worth all Ingenious Men’s Ot- fervations. | had done the Calculations of this Gloripus Phenomena long betore it happen'd, for Edinburyh, in Xectland, where they had near two, Digitsof Libht og thé North, or Upper Side; for Leverpool in Lanta- face, where they had near one Digit of light onthe | Upper Side; for Alchurch in Worcefter-{h:re, where ‘twas total; for Eopdon, where it-appeared as in this Type; tor Pargs in France, where they had’two Digits ofL ight onthe Lower, or South Side of the Sun’s Body. AY which Calculations-and- Types T thewed to feveral Ingenious Gentlemen, which gave great SatisfaGion|; I alto provided myfelf with eood Infiruments againft the Day for the obferving. of it, which I did at London with oreat Diligence andsNicety, and found the Begin- ning, “Middle and End, ‘and Digits dark, ‘to appear as in the Calculation above. The Morning was very {e- rene, and continued {0 all Day, fo that we had a’ very’ good Opportunity of taking ‘onr Obfervations to the greateft. Nicety imaginable, In the middle cf the F- clipfe the Air became fo cold, (ona fudden) that it ftruck a Terror on all the Spestators, (efpecially on the vulgar Sort.) But as the Light increaled, the Cold va- | nuhed, ‘till the Morning returnd to its former Heat and Luftre. One of the Gentlemen that faw my Per- formance hereof, was fo ‘well pleafed therewith, that in the Afternoon the fame Day he made me a very bandfome Prefent ; for which I return him my hearty Thanks; and I think. it had heen a great Ingratitude inme ifT had not mentioned thus much of it in this Bigces ie se 7 The fecond will be an Invifible Eclipfe of the leffer Luminary the Moon, on the 7th Day of May, a Quar- ter paft 12 at Noon, it will not be feen in any Part of . pee ge | ,: ’ eis x am ES i a SS -GL - Europe, i)