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I OBSERVE the account given by “H. H.” (p. 367) of the eclipse of the moon as seen at Hamburg on August 3. Here the appearance was certainly unusual; at least I never saw anything like it. The shadow cast on the moon (with a perfectly cloudless sky) was irregular and jagged. I at first thought it was a cloud, but, on looking repeatedly at intervals, I continued to observe the same appearance; allowance being made for the progress of the eclipse. I was prevented by circumstances from watching continuously, but observed it at a little before 9, and again repeatedly between 9 and 10.
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C., M. The Lunar Eclipse of August 3. Nature 36, 413 (1887). https://doi.org/10.1038/036413a0
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