Chapter XII: Part 12

This falling back of the Sun and Moon in every period, with respect to the Nodes, will occasion those Eclipses which happen about the ascending Node to go more southerly in each return; and those which happen about the descending Node to go more northerly: for the farther the Moon is short of the ascending Node, within the limits of Eclipses, the farther she is south of the Ecliptic; and on the contrary, the more she is short of the descending Node, the farther she is northward of the Ecliptic.

[Sidenote: From Mr. G. SMITH’s dissertation on Eclipses, printed at
_London_, by E. CAVE, in the year 1748.]

321. “To illustrate this a little farther, we shall examine some of the most remarkable circumstances of the returns of the Eclipse which happened _July 14, 1748_, about noon: This Eclipse, after traversing the voids of space from the Creation, at last began to enter the _Terra Australis Incognita_, about 88 years after the Conquest, which was the last of King STEPHEN’s reign; every [66]_Chaldean_ period it has crept more northerly, but was still invisible in _Britain_ before the year 1622; when on the 30th of _April_ it began to touch the south parts of _England_ about 2 in the afternoon; its central appearance rising in the _American_ South Seas, and traversing _Peru_ and the _Amazon_’s country, through the _Atlantic_ ocean into _Africa_, and setting in the _Æthiopian_ continent, not far from the beginning of the Red Sea.

“Its next visible period was after three _Chaldean_ revolutions in 1676, on the first of _June_, rising central in the _Atlantic_ ocean, passing us about 9 in the morning, with four [67]Digits eclipsed on the under limb; and setting in the gulf of _Cochinchina_ in the _East-Indies_.

“It being now near the Solstice, this Eclipse was visible the very next return in 1694, in the evening; and in two periods more, which was in 1730, on the 4th of _July_, was seen above half eclipsed just after Sun-rise, and observed both at _Wirtemberg_ in _Germany_, and _Pekin_ in _China_, soon after which it went off.

“Eighteen years more afforded us the Eclipse which fell on the 14th of _July 1748_.

“The next visible return will happen on _July 25, 1766_, in the evening, about four Digits eclipsed; and after two periods more, on _August_ 16th, 1802, early in the morning, about five Digits, the center coming from the north frozen continent, by the capes of _Norway_, through _Tartary_, _China_, and _Japan_, to the _Ladrone_ islands, where it goes off.

“Again, in 1820, _August 26_, betwixt one and two, there will be another great Eclipse at _London_, about 10 Digits; but happening so near the Equinox, the center will leave every part of _Britain_ to the West, and enter _Germany_ at _Embden_, passing by _Venice_, _Naples_, _Grand Cairo_, and set in the gulf of _Bassora_ near that city.

“It will be no more visible till 1874, when five Digits will be obscured, the center being now about to leave the Earth on _September 28_. In 1892 the Sun will go down eclipsed at _London_, and again in 1928 the passage of the center will be in the _expansum_, though there will be two Digits eclipsed at _London_, _October_ the 31st of that year; and about the year 2090 the whole Penumbra will be wore off; whence no more returns of this Eclipse can happen till after a revolution of 10 thousand years.

“From these remarks on the intire revolution of this Eclipse, we may gather, that a thousand years, more or less (for there are some irregularities that may protract or lengthen this period 100 years) complete the whole terrestrial Phenomena of any single Eclipse: and since 20 periods of 54 years each, and about 33 days, comprehend the intire extent of their revolution, ’tis evident that the times of the returns will pass through a circuit of one year and ten months, every _Chaldean_ period being ten or eleven days later, and of the equable appearances about 32 or 33 days. Thus, though this Eclipse happens about the middle of _July_, no other subsequent Eclipse of this period will return to the middle of the same month again; but wear constantly each period 10 or 11 days forward, and at last appear in Winter, but then it begins to cease from affecting us.

“Another conclusion from this revolution may be drawn, that there will seldom be any more than two great Eclipses of the Sun in the interval of this period, and these follow sometimes next return, and often at greater distances. That of 1715 returned again in 1733 very great; but this present Eclipse will not be great till the arrival of 1820, which is a revolution of four _Chaldean_ periods: so that the irregularities of their circuits must undergo new computations to assign them exactly.

“Nor do all Eclipses come in at the south Pole: _that_ depends altogether on the position of the lunar Nodes, which will bring in as many from the _expansum_ one way as the other; and such Eclipses will wear more southerly by degrees, contrary to what happens in the present case.

“The Eclipse, for example, of 1736, in _September_, had its center in the _expansum_, and set about the middle of its obscurity in _Britain_; it will wear in at the north Pole, and in the year 2600, or thereabouts, go off into the _expansum_ on the south side of the Earth.

“The Eclipses therefore which happened about the Creation are little more than half way yet of their etherial circuit; and will be 4000 years before they enter the Earth any more. This grand revolution seems to have been entirely unknown to the antients.

[Sidenote: Why our present Tables agree not with antient observations.]

“322. It is particularly to be noted, that Eclipses which have happened many centuries ago, will not be found by our present Tables to agree exactly with antient observations, by reason of the great Anomalies in the lunar motions; which appears an incontestable demonstration of the non-eternity of the Universe. For it seems confirmed by undeniable proofs, that the Moon now finishes her period in less time than formerly, and will continue by the centripetal law to approach nearer and nearer the Earth, and to go sooner and sooner round it: nor will the centrifugal power be sufficient to compensate the different gravitations of such an assemblage of bodies as constitute the solar system, which would come to ruin of itself, without some new regulation and adjustment of their original motions[68].

[Sidenote: THALES’s Eclipse.]

“323. We are credibly informed from the testimony of the antients, that there was a total Eclipse of the Sun predicted by THALES to happen in the fourth year of the 48th [69]_Olympiad_, either at _Sardis_ or _Miletus_ in _Asia_, where THALES then resided. That year corresponds to the 585th year before CHRIST; when accordingly there happened a very signal Eclipse of the Sun, on the 28th of _May_, answering to the present 10th of that month[70], central through _North America_, the south parts of _France_, _Italy_, &c. as far as _Athens_, or the Isles in the _Ægean_ Sea; which is the farthest that even the _Caroline_ Tables carry it; and consequently make it invisible to any part of _Asia_, in the total character; though I have good reasons to believe that it extended to _Babylon_, and went down central over that city. We are not however to imagine, that it was set before it past _Sardis_ and the _Asiatic_ towns, where the predictor lived; because an invisible Eclipse could have been of no service to demonstrate his ability in Astronomical Sciences to his countrymen, as it could give no proof of its reality.

[Sidenote: THUCYDIDES’s Eclipse.]

“324. For a farther illustration, THUCYDIDES relates, that a solar Eclipse happened on a Summer’s day in the afternoon, in the first year of the _Peloponnesian_ war, so great that the Stars appeared. _Rhodius_ was victor in the _Olympic_ games the fourth year of the said war, being also the fourth of the 87th _Olympiad_, on the 428th year before CHRIST. So that the Eclipse must have happened in the 431st year before CHRIST; and by computation it appears, that on the 3d of _August_ there was a signal Eclipse which would have past over _Athens_, central about 6 in the evening, but which our present Tables bring no farther than the antient _Syrtes_ on the _African_ coast, above 400 miles from _Athens_; which suffering in that case but 9 Digits, could by no means exhibit the remarkable darkness recited by this historian; the center therefore seems to have past _Athens_ about 6 in the evening, and probably might go down about _Jerusalem_, or near it, contrary to the construction of the present Tables. I have only obviated these things by way of caution to the present Astronomers, in re-computing antient Eclipses; and refer them to examine the Eclipse of _Nicias_, so fatal to the _Athenian_ fleet[71]; that which overthrew the _Macedonian_ Army[72] _&c._” So far Mr. SMITH.

[Sidenote: The number of Eclipses.]

325. In any year, the number of Eclipses of both Luminaries cannot be less than two, nor more than seven; the most usual number is four, and it is very rare to have more than six. For the Sun passes by both the Nodes but once a year, unless he passes by one of them in the beginning of the year; and if he does, he will pass by the same Node again a little before the year be finished; because, as these points move 19 degrees backward every year, the Sun will come to either of them 173 days after the other § 319. And when either Node is within 17 degrees of the Sun at the time of New Moon, the Sun will be eclipsed. At the subsequent opposition the Moon will be eclipsed in the other Node; and come round to the next conjunction again ere the former Node be 17 degrees past the Sun, and will therefore eclipse him again. When three Eclipses fall about either Node, the like number generally falls about the opposite; as the Sun comes to it in 173 days afterward: and six Lunations contain but four days more. Thus, there may be two Eclipses of the Sun and one of the Moon about each of her Nodes. But when the Moon changes in either of the Nodes, she cannot be near enough the other Node at the next Full to be eclipsed; and in six lunar months afterward she will change near the other Node: in these cases there can be but two Eclipses in a year, and they are both of the Sun.

[Sidenote: Two periods of Eclipses.]

326. A longer, and consequently more exact period than the above-mentioned § 320, for comparing and examining Eclipses which happen at long intervals of time, is 57 _Julian_ years 324 days 21 hours 41 minutes and 35 seconds; in which time there are just 716 mean Lunations, and the Sun is again within 5 minutes of the same Node as before. But a still better period is 557 years 21 days 18 hours 30 minutes 12 seconds; in which time there are 6890 mean Lunations; and the Sun and Node meet again so nearly as to be but 11 seconds distant.

[Sidenote: An account of the following catalogue of Eclipses.]

327. We shall subjoin a catalogue of Eclipses recorded in history, from 721 years before CHRIST to _A. D._ 1485; of computed Eclipses from 1485 to 1700; and of all the Eclipses visible in _Europe_ from 1700 to 1800. From the beginning of the catalogue to _A.D._ 1485 the Eclipses are taken from STRUYK’s _Introduction to universal Geography_, as that indefatigable author has, with much labour, collected them from _Ptolemy_, _Thucydides_, _Plutarch_, _Calvisius_, _Xenophon_, _Diodorus Siculus_, _Justin_, _Polybius_, _Titus Livius_, _Cicero_, _Lucanus_, _Theophanes_, _Dion Cassius_, and many others. From 1485 to 1700 the Eclipses are taken from _Ricciolus_’s _Almagest_: and from 1700 to 1800 from _L’art de verifier les Dates_[73]. Those from _Struyk_ have all the places mentioned where they were observed: Those from the _French_ authors, _viz._ the religious _Benedictines_ of the Congregation of St. _Maur_, are fitted to the Meridian of _Paris_: And concerning those from _Ricciolus_, that author gives the following account.

Because it is of great use for fixing the Cycles or Revolutions of Eclipses, to have at hand, without the trouble of calculation, a list of successive Eclipses for many years, computed by authors of _Ephemerides_, although from Tables not perfect in all respects, I shall for the benefit of Astronomers give a summary collection of such. The authors I extract from are, an anonymous one who published _Ephemerides_ from 1484 to 1506 inclusive; _Jacobus Pflaumen_ and _Jo. Stæflerinus_, to the Meridian of _Ulm_, from 1507 to 1534: _Lucas Gauricus_, to the Latitude of 45 degrees, from 1534 to 1551: _Peter Appian_, to the Meridian of _Leysing_, from 1538 to 1578: _Jo. Stæflerus_ to the Meridian of _Tubing_, from 1543 to 1554: _Petrus Pitatus_, to the Meridian of _Venice_ from 1544 to 1556: _Georgius-Joachimus Rheticus_, for the year 1551: _Nicholaus Simus_, to the Meridian of _Bologna_, from 1552 to 1568: _Michael Mæstlin_, to the Meridian of _Tubing_, from 1557 to 1590: _Jo. Stadius_, to the Meridian of _Antwerp_, from 1554 to 1574: _Jo. Antoninus Maginus_, to the Meridian of _Venice_, from 1581 to 1630: _David Origan_, to the Meridian of _Franckfort_ on the _Oder_, from 1595 to 1664: _Andrew Argol_, to the Meridian of _Rome_, from 1630 to 1700: _Franciscus Montebrunus_, to the Meridian of _Bologna_, from 1461 to 1660: Among which, _Stadius_, _Mæstlin_, and _Maginus_, used the _Prutenic_ Tables; _Origan_ the _Prutenic_ and _Tychonic_; _Montebrunus_ the _Lansbergian_, as likewise those of _Duret_. Almost all the rest the _Alphonsine_.

But, that the places may readily be known for which these Eclipses were computed, and from what Tables, consult the following list, in which the years _inclusive_ are also set down.

From 1485 to 1506 The place and author unknown.
1507 1553 _Ulm_ in _Suabia_, from the _Alphonsine_.
1554 1576 _Antwerp_, from the _Prutenic_.
1577 1585 _Tubing_, from the _Prutenic_.
1586 1594 _Venice_, from the _Prutenic_.
1595 1600 _Franckfort_ on _Oder_, from the _Prutenic_.
1601 1640 _Franckfort_ on _Oder_, from the _Tychonic_.
1641 1660 _Bologna_, from the _Lansbergian_.
1661 1700 _Rome_, from the _Tychonic_.

So far RICCIOLUS.

_N. B._ The Eclipses marked with an Asterisk are not in RICCIOLUS’s catalogue; but are supplied from _L’art de verifier les Dates_.

From the beginning of the catalogue to _A. D._ 1700, the time is reckoned from the noon of the day mentioned to the noon of the following day; but from 1700 to 1800 the time is set down according to our common way of reckoning. Those marked _Pekin_ and _Canton_ are Eclipses from the _Chinese_ chronology according to STRUYK; and throughout the Table this mark ☉ signifies _Sun_, and this 🌑︎ _Moon_.

STRUYK’s Catalogue of ECLIPSES.

+------+--------------------+-----+----------+---------+----------+ | Bef. | Eclipses of the Sun| | M. & D. | Middle | Digits | | Chr. | and Moon seen at | | | H. M. | eclipsed | +------+--------------------+-----+----------+---------+----------+ | 721 | Babylon | 🌑︎ | Mar. 19 | 10 34 | Total | | 720 | Babylon | 🌑︎ | Mar. 8 | 11 56 | 1 5 | | 720 | Babylon | 🌑︎ | Sept. 1 | 10 18 | 5 4 | | 621 | Babylon | 🌑︎ | Apr. 21 | 18 22 | 2 36 | | 523 | Babylon | 🌑︎ | July 16 | 12 47 | 7 24 | | 502 | Babylon | 🌑︎ | Nov. 19 | 12 21 | 1 52 | | 491 | Babylon | 🌑︎ | Apr. 25 | 12 12 | 1 44 | | 431 | Athens | ☉ | Aug. 3 | 6 35 | 11 0 | | 425 | Athens | 🌑︎ | Oct. 9 | 6 45 | Total | | 424 | Athens | ☉ | Mar. 20 | 20 17 | 9 0 | | 413 | Athens | 🌑︎ | Aug. 27 | 10 15 | Total | | 406 | Athens | 🌑︎ | Apr. 15 | 8 50 | Total | | 404 | Athens | ☉ | Sept. 2 | 21 12 | 8 40 | | 403 | Pekin | ☉ | Aug. 28 | 5 53 | 10 40 | | 394 | Gnide | ☉ | Aug. 13 | 22 17 | 11 0 | | 383 | Athens | 🌑︎ | Dec. 22 | 19 6 | 2 1 | | 382 | Athens | 🌑︎ | June 18 | 8 54 | 6 15 | | 382 | Athens | 🌑︎ | Dec. 12 | 10 21 | Total | | 364 | Thebes | ☉ | July 12 | 23 51 | 6 10 | | 357 | Syracuse | ☉ | Feb. 28 | 22 -- | 3 33 | | 357 | Zant | 🌑︎ | Aug. 29 | 7 29 | 4 21 | | 340 | Zant | ☉ | Sept. 14 | 18 -- | 9 0 | | 331 | Arbela | 🌑︎ | Sept. 20 | 10 9 | Total | | 310 | Sicily Island | ☉ | Aug. 14 | 20 5 | 10 22 | | 219 | Mysia | 🌑︎ | Mar. 19 | 14 5 | Total | | 218 | Pergamos | 🌑︎ | Sept. 1 | rising | Total | | 217 | Sardinia | ☉ | Feb. 11 | 1 57 | 9 6 | | 203 | Frusini | ☉ | May 6 | 2 52 | 5 40 | | 202 | Cumis | ☉ | Oct. 18 | 22 24 | 1 0 | | 201 | Athens | 🌑︎ | Sept. 22 | 7 14 | 8 58 | | 200 | Athens | 🌑︎ | Mar. 19 | 13 9 | Total | | 200 | Athens | 🌑︎ | Sept. 11 | 14 48 | Total | | 198 | Rome | ☉ | Aug. 6 | ---- | ---- | | 190 | Rome | ☉ | Mar. 13 | 18 -- | 11 0 | | 188 | Rome | ☉ | July 16 | 20 38 | 10 48 | | 174 | Athens | 🌑︎ | Apr. 30 | 14 33 | 7 1 | | 168 | Macedonia | 🌑︎ | June 21 | 8 2 | Total | | 141 | Rhodes | 🌑︎ | Jan. 27 | 10 8 | 3 26 | | 104 | Rome | ☉ | July 18 | 22 0 | 11 52 | | 63 | Rome | 🌑︎ | Oct. 27 | 6 22 | Total | | 60 | Gibralter | ☉ | Mar. 16 | setting | Central | | 54 | Canton | ☉ | May 9 | 3 41 | Total | | 51 | Rome | ☉ | Mar. 7 | 2 12 | 9 0 | | 48 | Rome | 🌑︎ | Jan. 18 | 10 0 | Total | | 45 | Rome | 🌑︎ | Nov. 6 | 14 -- | Total | | 36 | Rome | ☉ | May 19 | 3 52 | 6 47 | | 31 | Rome | ☉ | Aug. 20 | setting | Gr. Ecl. | | 29 | Canton | ☉ | Jan. 5 | 4 2 | 11 0 | | 28 | Pekin | ☉ | June 18 | 23 48 | Total | | 26 | Canton | ☉ | Oct. 23 | 4 16 | 11 15 | | 24 | Pekin | ☉ | April 7 | 4 11 | 2 0 | | 16 | Pekin | ☉ | Nov. 1 | 5 13 | 2 8 | | 2 | Canton | ☉ | Feb. 1 | 20 8 | 11 42 | +------+--------------------+-----+----------+---------+----------+ +------+--------------------+-----+----------+---------+----------+ | Aft. | Eclipses of the Sun| | M. & D. | Middle | Digits | | Chr. | and Moon seen at | | | H. M. | eclipsed | +------+--------------------+-----+----------+---------+----------+ | 1 | Pekin | ☉ | June 10 | 1 10 | 11 43 | | 5 | Rome | ☉ | Mar. 28 | 4 13 | 4 45 | | 14 | Panonia | 🌑︎ | Sept. 26 | 17 15 | Total | | 27 | Canton | ☉ | July 22 | 8 56 | Total | | 30 | Canton | ☉ | Nov. 13 | 19 20 | 10 30 | | 40 | Pekin | ☉ | Apr. 30 | 5 50 | 7 34 | | 45 | Rome | ☉ | July 31 | 22 1 | 5 17 | | 46 | Pekin | ☉ | July 21 | 22 25 | 2 10 | | 46 | Rome | 🌑︎ | Dec. 31 | 9 52 | Total | | 49 | Pekin | ☉ | May 20 | 7 16 | 10 8 | | 53 | Canton | ☉ | Mar. 8 | 20 42 | 11 6 | | 55 | Pekin | ☉ | July 12 | 21 50 | 6 40 | | 56 | Canton | ☉ | Dec. 25 | 0 28 | 9 20 | | 59 | Rome | ☉ | Apr. 30 | 3 8 | 10 38 | | 60 | Canton | ☉ | Oct. 13 | 3 31 | 10 30 | | 65 | Canton | ☉ | Dec. 15 | 21 50 | 10 23 | | 69 | Rome | 🌑︎ | Oct. 18 | 10 43 | 10 49 | | 70 | Canton | ☉ | Sept. 22 | 21 13 | 8 26 | | 71 | Rome | 🌑︎ | Mar. 4 | 8 32 | 6 0 | | 95 | Ephesus | ☉ | May 21 | ---- | 1 0 | | 125 | Alexandria | 🌑︎ | April 5 | 9 16 | 1 44 | | 133 | Alexandria | 🌑︎ | May 6 | 11 44 | Total | | 134 | Alexandria | 🌑︎ | Oct. 20 | 11 5 | 10 19 | | 136 | Alexandria | 🌑︎ | Mar. 5 | 15 56 | 5 17 | | 237 | Bologna | ☉ | Apr. 12 | ---- | Total | | 238 | Rome | ☉ | April 1 | 20 20 | 8 45 | | 290 | Carthage | ☉ | May 15 | 3 20 | 11 20 | | 304 | Rome | 🌑︎ | Aug. 31 | 9 36 | Total | | 316 | Constantinople | ☉ | Dec. 30 | 19 53 | 2 18 | | 334 | Toledo | ☉ | July 17 | at noon | Central | | 348 | Constantinople | ☉ | Oct. 8 | 19 24 | 8 0 | | 360 | Ispahan | ☉ | Aug. 27 | 18 0 | Central | | 364 | Alexandria | 🌑︎ | Nov. 25 | 15 24 | Total | | 401 | Rome | 🌑︎ | June 11 | ---- | Total | | 401 | Rome | 🌑︎ | Dec. 6 | 12 15 | Total | | 402 | Rome | 🌑︎ | June 1 | 8 43 | 10 2 | | 402 | Rome | ☉ | Nov. 10 | 20 33 | 10 30 | | 447 | Compostello | ☉ | Dec. 23 | 0 46 | 1 -- | | 451 | Compostello | 🌑︎ | April 1 | 16 34 | 19 52 | | 451 | Compostello | 🌑︎ | Sept. 26 | 6 30 | 0 2 | | 458 | Chaves | ☉ | May 27 | 23 16 | 18 53 | | 462 | Compostello | 🌑︎ | Mar. 1 | 13 2 | 11 11 | | 464 | Chaves | ☉ | July 19 | 19 1 | 10 15 | | 484 | Constantinople | ☉ | Jan. 13 | 19 53 | 0 0 | | 486 | Constantinople | ☉ | May 19 | 1 10 | 5 15 | | 497 | Constantinople | ☉ | Apr. 18 | 6 5 | 17 57 | | 512 | Constantinople | ☉ | June 28 | 23 8 | 1 50 | | 538 | England | ☉ | Feb. 14 | 19 -- | 8 23 | | 540 | London | ☉ | June 19 | 20 15 | 8 -- | | 577 | Tours | 🌑︎ | Dec. 10 | 17 28 | 6 46 | | 581 | Paris | 🌑︎ | April 4 | 13 33 | 6 42 | | 582 | Paris | 🌑︎ | Sept. 17 | 12 41 | Total | | 590 | Paris | 🌑︎ | Oct. 18 | 6 30 | 9 25 | | 592 | Constantinople | ☉ | Mar. 18 | 22 6 | 10 0 | | 603 | Paris | ☉ | Aug. 12 | 3 3 | 11 20 | | 622 | Constantinople | 🌑︎ | Febr. 1 | 11 28 | Total | | 644 | Paris | ☉ | Nov. 5 | 0 30 | 9 53 | | 680 | Paris | 🌑︎ | June 17 | 12 30 | Total | | 683 | Paris | 🌑︎ | April 16 | 11 30 | Total | | 693 | Constantinople | ☉ | Oct. 4 | 23 54 | 11 54 | | 716 | Constantinople | 🌑︎ | Jan. 13 | 7 -- | Total | | 718 | Constantinople | ☉ | June 3 | 1 15 | Total | | 733 | England | ☉ | Aug. 13 | 20 -- | 11 1 | | 734 | England | 🌑︎ | Jan. 23 | 14 -- | Total | | 752 | England | 🌑︎ | July 30 | 13 -- | Total | | 753 | England | ☉ | June 8 | 22 -- | 10 35 | | 753 | England | 🌑︎ | Jan. 23 | 13 -- | Total | | 760 | England | ☉ | Aug. 15 | 4 -- | 8 15 | | 760 | London | 🌑︎ | Aug. 30 | 5 50 | 10 40 | | 764 | England | ☉ | June 4 | at noon | 7 15 | | 770 | London | 🌑︎ | Feb. 14 | 7 12 | Total | | 774 | Rome | 🌑︎ | Nov. 22 | 14 37 | 11 58 | | 784 | London | 🌑︎ | Nov. 1 | 14 2 | Total | | 787 | Constantinople | ☉ | Sept. 14 | 20 43 | 9 47 | | 796 | Constantinople | 🌑︎ | Mar. 27 | 16 22 | Total | | 800 | Rome | 🌑︎ | Jan. 15 | 9 0 | 10 17 | | 807 | Angoulesme | ☉ | Feb. 10 | 21 24 | 9 42 | | 807 | Paris | 🌑︎ | Feb. 25 | 13 43 | Total | | 807 | Paris | 🌑︎ | Aug. 21 | 10 20 | Total | | 809 | Paris | ☉ | July 15 | 21 33 | 8 8 | | 809 | Paris | 🌑︎ | Dec. 25 | 8 -- | Total | | 810 | Paris | 🌑︎ | June 20 | 8 -- | Total | | 810 | Paris | ☉ | Nov. 30 | 0 12 | Total | | 810 | Paris | 🌑︎ | Dec. 14 | 8 -- | Total | | 812 | Constantinople | ☉ | May 14 | 2 13 | 9 -- | | 813 | Cappadocia | ☉ | May 3 | 17 5 | 10 35 | | 817 | Paris | 🌑︎ | Feb. 5 | 5 42 | Total | | 818 | Paris | ☉ | July 6 | 18 -- | 6 55 | | 820 | Paris | 🌑︎ | Nov. 23 | 6 26 | Total | | 824 | Paris | 🌑︎ | Mar. 18 | 7 55 | Total | | 828 | Paris | 🌑︎ | June 30 | 15 -- | Total | | 828 | Paris | 🌑︎ | Dec. 24 | 13 45 | Total | | 831 | Paris | 🌑︎ | April 30 | 6 19 | 11 8 | | 831 | Paris | ☉ | May 15 | 23 -- | 4 24 | | 831 | Paris | 🌑︎ | Oct. 24 | 11 18 | Total | | 832 | Fulda | 🌑︎ | Apr. 18 | 9 0 | Total | | 840 | Paris | ☉ | May 4 | 23 22 | 9 20 | | 841 | Paris | ☉ | Oct. 17 | 18 58 | 5 24 | | 842 | Paris | 🌑︎ | Mar. 29 | 14 38 | Total | | 843 | Paris | 🌑︎ | Mar. 19 | 7 1 | Total | | 861 | Paris | 🌑︎ | Mar. 29 | 15 7 | Total | | 878 | Paris | 🌑︎ | Oct. 14 | 16 -- | Total | | 878 | Paris | ☉ | Oct. 29 | 1 -- | 11 14 | | 883 | Arracta | 🌑︎ | July 23 | 7 44 | 11 -- | | 889 | Constantinople | ☉ | April 3 | 17 52 | 9 23 | | 891 | Constantinople | ☉ | Aug. 7 | 23 48 | 10 30 | | 901 | Arracta | 🌑︎ | Aug. 2 | 15 7 | Total | | 904 | London | 🌑︎ | May 31 | 11 47 | Total | | 904 | London | 🌑︎ | Nov. 25 | 9 0 | Total | | 912 | London | 🌑︎ | Jan. 6 | 15 12 | Total | | 926 | Paris | 🌑︎ | Mar. 31 | 15 17 | Total | | 934 | Paris | ☉ | Apr. 16 | 4 30 | 11 36 | | 939 | Paris | ☉ | July 18 | 19 45 | 10 7 | | 955 | Paris | 🌑︎ | Sept. 4 | 11 18 | Total | | 961 | Rhemes | ☉ | May 16 | 20 13 | 9 18 | | 970 | Constantinople | ☉ | May 7 | 18 38 | 11 22 | | 976 | London | 🌑︎ | July 13 | 15 7 | Total | | 985 | Messina | ☉ | July 20 | 3 52 | 4 10 | | 989 | Constantinople | ☉ | May 28 | 6 54 | 8 40 | | 990 | Fulda | 🌑︎ | Apr. 12 | 10 22 | 9 5 | | 990 | Fulda | 🌑︎ | Oct. 6 | 15 4 | 11 10 | | 990 | Constantinople | ☉ | Oct. 21 | 0 45 | 10 5 | | 995 | Augsburgh | 🌑︎ | July 14 | 11 27 | Total | | 1009 | Ferrara | 🌑︎ | Oct. 6 | 11 38 | Total | | 1010 | Messina | ☉ | Mar. 18 | 5 41 | 9 12 | | 1016 | Nimeguen | 🌑︎ | Nov. 16 | 16 39 | Total | | 1017 | Nimeguen | ☉ | Oct. 22 | 2 8 | 6 -- | | 1020 | Cologne | 🌑︎ | Sept. 4 | 11 38 | Total | | 1023 | London | ☉ | Jan. 23 | 23 29 | 11 -- | | 1030 | Rome | 🌑︎ | Feb. 20 | 11 43 | Total | | 1031 | Paris | 🌑︎ | Feb. 9 | 11 51 | Total | | 1033 | Paris | 🌑︎ | Dec. 8 | 11 11 | 9 17 | | 1034 | Milan | 🌑︎ | June 4 | 9 8 | Total | | 1037 | Paris | ☉ | Apr. 17 | 20 45 | 10 45 | | 1039 | Auxerre | ☉ | Aug. 21 | 23 40 | 11 5 | | 1042 | Rome | 🌑︎ | Jan. 8 | 16 39 | Total | | 1044 | Auxerre | 🌑︎ | Nov. 7 | 16 12 | 10 1 | | 1044 | Cluny | ☉ | Nov. 21 | 22 12 | 11 -- | | 1056 | Nuremburg | 🌑︎ | April 2 | 12 9 | Total | | 1063 | Rome | 🌑︎ | Nov. 8 | 12 16 | Total | | 1074 | Augsburgh | 🌑︎ | Oct. 7 | 10 13 | Total | | 1080 | Constantinople | 🌑︎ | Nov. 29 | 11 12 | 9 36 | | 1082 | London | 🌑︎ | May 14 | 10 32 | 10 2 | | 1086 | Constantinople | ☉ | Feb. 16 | 4 7 | Total | | 1089 | Naples | 🌑︎ | June 25 | 6 6 | Total | | 1093 | Augsburgh | ☉ | Sept. 22 | 22 35 | 10 12 | | 1096 | Gemblours | 🌑︎ | Feb. 10 | 16 4 | Total | | 1096 | Augsburgh | 🌑︎ | Aug. 6 | 8 21 | Total | | 1098 | Augsburgh | ☉ | Dec. 25 | 1 25 | 10 12 | | 1099 | Naples | 🌑︎ | Nov. 30 | 4 58 | Total | | 1103 | Rome | 🌑︎ | Sept. 17 | 10 18 | Total | | 1106 | Erfurd | 🌑︎ | July 17 | 11 28 | 11 54 | | 1107 | Naples | 🌑︎ | Jan. 10 | 13 16 | Total | | 1109 | Erfurd | ☉ | May 31 | 1 30 | 10 20 | | 1110 | London | 🌑︎ | May 5 | 10 51 | Total | | 1113 | Jerusalem | ☉ | Mar. 18 | 19 0 | 9 12 | | 1114 | London | 🌑︎ | Aug. 17 | 15 5 | Total | | 1117 | Trier | 🌑︎ | June 15 | 13 26 | Total | | 1117 | Trier | 🌑︎ | Dec. 10 | 12 51 | Total | | 1118 | Naples | 🌑︎ | Nov. 29 | 15 46 | 4 11 | | 1121 | Trier | 🌑︎ | Sept. 27 | 16 47 | Total | | 1122 | Prague | 🌑︎ | Mar. 24 | 11 20 | 3 49 | | 1124 | Erfurd | 🌑︎ | Feb. 1 | 6 43 | 8 39 | | 1124 | London | ☉ | Aug. 10 | 23 29 | 9 58 | | 1132 | Erfurd | 🌑︎ | March 3 | 8 14 | Total | | 1133 | Prague | 🌑︎ | Feb. 20 | 16 41 | 3 23 | | 1135 | London | 🌑︎ | Dec. 22 | 20 11 | Total | | 1142 | Rome | 🌑︎ | Feb. 11 | 14 17 | 8 30 | | 1143 | Rome | 🌑︎ | Feb. 1 | 6 36 | Total | | 1147 | Auranches | ☉ | Oct. 25 | 22 38 | 7 20 | | 1149 | Bary | 🌑︎ | Mar. 25 | 13 54 | 5 29 | | 1151 | Eimbeck | 🌑︎ | Aug. 28 | 12 4 | 4 29 | | 1153 | Augsburgh | ☉ | Jan. 26 | 0 42 | 11 -- | | 1154 | Paris | 🌑︎ | June 26 | 16 1 | Total | | 1154 | Paris | 🌑︎ | Dec. 21 | 8 30 | 4 42 | | 1155 | Auranches | 🌑︎ | June 10 | 8 45 | 0 53 | | 1160 | Rome | 🌑︎ | Aug. 18 | 7 53 | 6 49 | | 1161 | Rome | 🌑︎ | Aug. 7 | 8 15 | Total | | 1162 | Erfurd | 🌑︎ | Feb. 1 | 6 40 | 5 56 | | 1162 | Erfurd | 🌑︎ | July 27 | 12 30 | 4 11 | | 1163 | Mont Cassin. | ☉ | July 3 | 7 40 | 2 0 | | 1164 | Milan | 🌑︎ | June 6 | 10 0 | Total | | 1168 | London | 🌑︎ | Sept. 18 | 14 0 | Total | | 1172 | Cologne | 🌑︎ | Jan. 11 | 13 31 | Total | | 1176 | Auranches | 🌑︎ | April 25 | 7 2 | 8 6 | | 1176 | Auranches | 🌑︎ | Oct. 19 | 11 20 | 8 53 | | 1178 | Cologne | 🌑︎ | March 5 | setting | 7 52 | | 1178 | Auranches | 🌑︎ | Aug. 29 | 13 52 | 5 31 | | 1178 | Cologne | ☉ | Sept. 12 | -- -- | 10 51 | | 1179 | Cologne | 🌑︎ | Aug. 18 | 14 28 | Total | | 1180 | Auranches | ☉ | Jan. 28 | 4 14 | 10 34 | | 1181 | Auranches | ☉ | July 13 | 3 15 | 3 48 | | 1181 | Auranches | 🌑︎ | Dec. 22 | 8 58 | 4 40 | | 1185 | Rhemes | ☉ | May 1 | 1 53 | 9 0 | | 1186 | Cologne | 🌑︎ | April 5 | 6 -- | Total | | 1186 | Franckfort | ☉ | April 20 | 7 19 | 4 0 | | 1187 | Paris | 🌑︎ | Mar. 25 | 16 17 | 8 42 | | 1187 | England | ☉ | Sept. 3 | 21 54 | 8 6 | | 1189 | England | 🌑︎ | Feb. 2 | 10 -- | 9 -- | | 1191 | England | ☉ | June 23 | 0 20 | 11 32 | | 1192 | France | 🌑︎ | Nov. 20 | 14 -- | 6 -- | | 1193 | France | 🌑︎ | Nov. 10 | 5 27 | Total | | 1194 | London | ☉ | April 22 | 2 15 | 6 49 | | 1200 | London | 🌑︎ | Jan. 2 | 17 2 | 4 35 | | 1201 | London | 🌑︎ | June 17 | 15 4 | Total | | 1204 | England | 🌑︎ | April 15 | 12 39 | Total | | 1204 | Saltzburg | 🌑︎ | Oct. 10 | 6 32 | Total | | 1207 | Rhemes | ☉ | Feb. 27 | 10 50 | 10 20 | | 1208 | Rhemes | 🌑︎ | Feb. 2 | 5 10 | Total | | 1211 | Vienna | 🌑︎ | Nov. 21 | 13 57 | Total | | 1215 | Cologne | 🌑︎ | Mar. 16 | 15 35 | Total | | 1216 | Acre | ☉ | Feb. 18 | 21 15 | 11 36 | | 1216 | Acre | 🌑︎ | March 5 | 9 38 | 7 4 | | 1218 | Damietta | 🌑︎ | July 9 | 9 46 | 11 31 | | 1222 | Rome | 🌑︎ | Oct. 22 | 14 28 | Total | | 1223 | Colmar | 🌑︎ | April 16 | 8 13 | 11 0 | | 1228 | Naples | ☉ | Dec. 27 | 9 55 | 9 19 | | 1230 | Naples | ☉ | May 13 | 17 -- | Total | | 1230 | London | 🌑︎ | Nov. 21 | 13 21 | 9 34 | | 1232 | Rhemes | ☉ | Oct. 15 | 4 29 | 4 25 | | 1245 | Rhemes | ☉ | July 24 | 17 47 | 6 -- | | 1248 | London | 🌑︎ | June 7 | 8 49 | Total | | 1255 | London | 🌑︎ | July 20 | 9 47 | Total | | 1255 | Constantinople | ☉ | Dec. 30 | 2 52 | Annul. | | 1258 | Augsburgh | 🌑︎ | May 18 | 11 17 | Total | | 1261 | Vienna | ☉ | Mar. 31 | 22 40 | 9 8 | | 1262 | Vienna | 🌑︎ | March 7 | 5 50 | Total | | 1262 | Vienna | 🌑︎ | Aug. 30 | 14 39 | Total | | 1263 | Vienna | 🌑︎ | Feb. 24 | 6 52 | 6 29 | | 1263 | Augsburgh | ☉ | Aug. 5 | 3 24 | 11 17 | | 1263 | Vienna | 🌑︎ | Aug. 20 | 7 35 | 9 7 | | 1265 | Vienna | 🌑︎ | Dec. 23 | 16 25 | Total | | 1267 | Constantinople | ☉ | May 24 | 23 11 | 11 40 | | 1270 | Vienna | ☉ | Mar. 22 | 18 47 | 10 40 | | 1272 | Vienna | 🌑︎ | Aug. 10 | 7 27 | 8 53 | | 1274 | Vienna | 🌑︎ | Jan. 23 | 10 39 | 9 25 | | 1275 | Lauben | 🌑︎ | Dec. 4 | 6 20 | 4 29 | | 1276 | Vienna | 🌑︎ | Nov. 22 | 15 -- | Total | | 1277 | Vienna | 🌑︎ | May 18 | -- -- | Total | | 1279 | Franckfort | ☉ | Apr. 12 | 6 55 | 10 6 | | 1280 | London | 🌑︎ | Mar. 17 | 12 12 | Total | | 1284 | Reggio | 🌑︎ | Dec. 23 | 16 11 | 9 13 | | 1290 | Wittemburg | ☉ | Sept. 4 | 19 37 | 10 30 | | 1291 | London | 🌑︎ | Feb. 14 | 10 2 | Total | | 1302 | Constantinople | 🌑︎ | Jan. 14 | 10 25 | Total | | 1307 | Ferrara | ☉ | April 2 | 22 18 | 0 54 | | 1309 | London | 🌑︎ | Feb. 24 | 17 44 | Total | | 1309 | Lucca | 🌑︎ | Aug. 21 | 10 32 | Total | | 1310 | Wittemburg | ☉ | Jan. 31 | 2 2 | 10 10 | | 1310 | Torcello | 🌑︎ | Feb. 14 | 4 8 | 10 20 | | 1310 | Torcello | 🌑︎ | Aug. 10 | 15 33 | 7 16 | | 1312 | Wittemburg | ☉ | July 4 | 19 49 | 3 23 | | 1312 | Plaisance | 🌑︎ | Dec. 14 | 7 19 | Total | | 1313 | Torcello | 🌑︎ | Dec. 3 | 8 58 | 9 34 | | 1316 | Modena | 🌑︎ | Oct. 1 | 14 55 | Total | | 1321 | Wittemburg | ☉ | June 25 | 18 1 | 11 17 | | 1323 | Florence | 🌑︎ | May 20 | 15 24 | Total | | 1324 | Florence | 🌑︎ | May 9 | 6 3 | Total | | 1324 | Wittemburg | ☉ | Apr. 23 | 6 35 | 8 8 | | 1327 | Constantinople | 🌑︎ | Aug. 31 | 18 26 | Total | | 1328 | Constantinople | 🌑︎ | Feb. 25 | 13 47 | 11 -- | | 1330 | Florence | 🌑︎ | June 30 | 15 10 | 7 34 | | 1330 | Constantinople | ☉ | July 16 | 4 5 | 10 43 | | 1330 | Prague | 🌑︎ | Dec. 25 | 15 49 | Total | | 1331 | Prague | ☉ | Nov. 29 | 20 26 | 7 41 | | 1331 | Prague | 🌑︎ | Dec. 14 | 18 -- | 11 -- | | 1333 | Wittemburg | ☉ | May 14 | 3 -- | 10 18 | | 1334 | Cesena | 🌑︎ | Apr. 19 | 10 33 | Total | | 1341 | Constantinople | 🌑︎ | Nov. 23 | 12 23 | Total | | 1341 | Constantinople | ☉ | Dec. 8 | 22 15 | 6 30 | | 1342 | Constantinople | 🌑︎ | May 20 | 14 27 | Total | | 1344 | Alexandria | ☉ | Oct. 6 | 18 40 | 8 55 | | 1349 | Wittemburg | 🌑︎ | June 30 | 12 20 | Total | | 1354 | Wittemburg | ☉ | Sept. 16 | 20 45 | 8 43 | | 1356 | Florence | 🌑︎ | Feb. 16 | 11 43 | Total | | 1361 | Constantinople | ☉ | May 4 | 22 15 | 8 54 | | 1367 | In China | 🌑︎ | Jan. 16 | 8 27 | Total | | 1389 | Eugibin | 🌑︎ | Nov. 3 | 17 5 | Total | | 1396 | Augsburg | ☉ | Jan. 11 | 0 16 | 6 22 | | 1396 | Augsburg | 🌑︎ | June 21 | 11 10 | Total | | 1399 | Forli | ☉ | Oct. 29 | 0 43 | 9 -- | | 1406 | Constantinople | 🌑︎ | June 1 | 13 -- | 10 31 | | 1406 | Constantinople | ☉ | June 15 | 18 1 | 11 38 | | 1408 | Forli | ☉ | Oct. 18 | 21 47 | 9 32 | | 1409 | Constantinople | ☉ | Apr. 15 | 3 1 | 10 48 | | 1410 | Vienna | 🌑︎ | Mar. 20 | 13 13 | Total | | 1415 | Wittemburg | ☉ | June 6 | 6 43 | Total | | 1419 | Franckfort | ☉ | Mar. 25 | 22 5 | 1 45 | | 1421 | Forli | 🌑︎ | Feb. 17 | 8 2 | Total | | 1422 | Forli | 🌑︎ | Feb. 6 | 8 26 | 11 7 | | 1424 | Wittemburg | ☉ | June 26 | 3 57 | 11 20 | | 1431 | Forli | ☉ | Feb. 12 | 2 4 | 1 39 | | 1433 | Wittemburg | ☉ | June 17 | 5 -- | Total | | 1438 | Wittemburg | ☉ | Sept. 18 | 20 59 | 8 7 | | 1442 | Rome | 🌑︎ | Dec. 17 | 3 56 | Total | | 1448 | Tubing | ☉ | Aug. 28 | 22 23 | 8 53 | | 1450 | Constantinople | 🌑︎ | July 24 | 7 19 | Total | | 1457 | Vienna | 🌑︎ | Sept. 3 | 11 17 | Total | | 1460 | Austria | 🌑︎ | July 3 | 7 31 | 5 23 | | 1460 | Austria | ☉ | July 17 | 17 32 | 11 19 | | 1460 | Vienna | 🌑︎ | Dec. 27 | 13 30 | Total | | 1461 | Vienna | 🌑︎ | June 22 | 11 50 | Total | | 1461 | Rome | 🌑︎ | Dec. 17 | -- -- | Total | | 1462 | Viterbo | 🌑︎ | June 11 | 15 -- | 7 38 | | 1462 | Viterbo | ☉ | Nov. 21 | 0 10 | 2 6 | | 1464 | Padua | 🌑︎ | Apr. 21 | 12 43 | Total | | 1465 | Rome | ☉ | Sept. 20 | 5 15 | 8 46 | | 1465 | Rome | 🌑︎ | Oct. 4 | 5 12 | Total | | 1469 | Rome | 🌑︎ | Jan. 27 | 7 9 | Total | | 1485 | Norimburg | ☉ | Mar. 16 | 3 53 | 11 -- | +------+--------------------+-----+----------+---------+----------+

The following ECLIPSES are all taken from RICCIOLUS, except those marked
with an Asterisk, which are from _L’Art de verifier les Dates_.