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317.3M31 M41 A MASSACHUSETTS REGISTER, Slntt^tr states? ©alcntiat, FOR 1840. \ CONTAINING THE TARIFF, THE IjXSOLVEJVT LAW, CITY OFFICERS IN BOSTON, AND OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION. BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY JAMES LORING, 13 2 Washington Street. SOLZPSBg IN 1840. There will be four eclipses this year j two of the sun, and two of the moon. I. A partial eclipse of the moon, commencing on the morning of February 17, at 6h. 49m., and ending at lOh. ; invisible in Massa- chusetts, but partly visible in some of the western States. ir. An annular eclipse of the sun, March 3 ; invisible in the tTnU ted States. Its first contact on our globe will be in the Indian Ocean, lat. 2 deg. 31 min. S., and long. 71 deg. 2 min. E., at 8h. 43 min.P.M. The dark shadow having passed over the China Sea and the Pacific Ocean, will leave our globe in the sea of Kamschatka, lat. 53 deg. 49 min. N., and long. 166 deg. 52 min. E., on the morning of the 4th, at Ih. 45m. This eclipse will be visible in China, Tartary and Japan. in. A partial eclipse of the moon, August 13, visible to every part of North and South America. First contact with dark shadow, Ih. 14m. Middle of eclipse, 2h. 39m. Last contact with the moon, 4h. 4m. Digits eclipsed 7d. 17m. Northern Jimb. IV. A total eclipse of the sun, August 26, invisible in the western hemisphere. This eclipse will commence on the evening of the 26th, at llh. 20m., and end on the 27th, at 4h.
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