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October 30, 1809
The National Intelligencer And Washington Advertiser
Washington, District Of Columbia
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Article from Elizabeth Town, Oct. 24, correcting a prior erroneous account of an upcoming solar eclipse on September 17, 1811. Details viewing times from New York, path through Virginia and North Carolina, and annular visibility near Cape Hatteras.
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Elizabeth Town, Oct. 24
SOLAR ECLIPSE.
I am induced to publish the following account at this time, because an erroneous account of this Eclipse has been given in a New England publication, which has been re-printed in New York.
If the course of nature should continue uninterrupted, a grand Solar Eclipse may be expected in the United States on Tuesday the 17th of September, A. D. 1811. From New York it will be seen as follows:
Beginning...................0 38 P. M.
Ecliptical Conjunction..2 1
Greatest Obscuration....2 17
End..........................2 43
Duration...............3 5
10 Digits on the South Limb,
The centre of the penumbra will fall below the latitude of New-York, nearly 700 miles to the Westward, and will cross the meridian of New-York about 500 miles to the Southward; so that the Eclipse will be central in some parts of Virginia and North Carolina, and a luminous ring 1 minute and 5 or 6 seconds of a degree in breadth may be seen. It will enter upon the Atlantic near Cape Hatteras and pass so far South of Bermuda that it may not be annular there.
PHILOM.
SOLAR ECLIPSE.
I am induced to publish the following account at this time, because an erroneous account of this Eclipse has been given in a New England publication, which has been re-printed in New York.
If the course of nature should continue uninterrupted, a grand Solar Eclipse may be expected in the United States on Tuesday the 17th of September, A. D. 1811. From New York it will be seen as follows:
Beginning...................0 38 P. M.
Ecliptical Conjunction..2 1
Greatest Obscuration....2 17
End..........................2 43
Duration...............3 5
10 Digits on the South Limb,
The centre of the penumbra will fall below the latitude of New-York, nearly 700 miles to the Westward, and will cross the meridian of New-York about 500 miles to the Southward; so that the Eclipse will be central in some parts of Virginia and North Carolina, and a luminous ring 1 minute and 5 or 6 seconds of a degree in breadth may be seen. It will enter upon the Atlantic near Cape Hatteras and pass so far South of Bermuda that it may not be annular there.
PHILOM.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Extraordinary Event
What themes does it cover?
Nature
What keywords are associated?
Solar Eclipse
1811
New York
Annular Eclipse
Cape Hatteras
Virginia
North Carolina
What entities or persons were involved?
Philom.
Where did it happen?
United States, New York, Virginia, North Carolina, Cape Hatteras, Bermuda
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Key Persons
Philom.
Location
United States, New York, Virginia, North Carolina, Cape Hatteras, Bermuda
Event Date
Tuesday The 17th Of September, A. D. 1811
Story Details
Publication of corrected account of a grand solar eclipse expected in 1811, with viewing times from New York, central path through Virginia and North Carolina, annular ring visible, entering Atlantic near Cape Hatteras.