# An Observation of the Eclipse of the Sun on May 2, 1733, in the Afternoon. By Mr. George Graham, F. R. S. in Fleet-Street, London. Made with a Telescope of Ten Feet in Length, Fitted with a Micrometer

**Author(s):** George Graham  
**Year:** 1733  
**Journal:** Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775)  
**Volume:** 38  
**Pages:** 2 pages  
**Identifier:** jstor-103831  
**JSTOR URL:** <https://www.jstor.org/stable/103831>  

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1733.

IV. An Observation of the Eclipse of the Sun on May 2, 1733, in the Afternoon. By Mr. George Graham, F. R. S. in Fleet-street, London. Made with a Telescope of ten Feet in Length, fitted with a Micrometer.

App. Time.
At $5^h\ 44'\ 45''$ It began.
$6\ 25\ 30$ The Cusps were vertical.
$6\ 37\ 30$ The Eclipse was greatest, the lucid Part of the Sun’s Diameter measuring $426$ Parts, whereof the Sun’s Diameter measured $231$. So that the Eclipse was $9\frac{1}{2}$ Digits.
$6\ 46\ 00$ The Cusps were horizontal.
$7\ 28\ 23$ The Eclipse ended.