...the full moon, the conjunction of the Earth's shadow and the Moon must happen at the same time ; and an Eclipse of the Sun is caused by the interposition of the Moon between the Earth and the Sun, and the conjunction of the Sun and Moon in like manner must happen at the new moon,...

...Pole. For the information of those who are not conversant in astronomy, it may be proper to remark that an eclipse of the Sun is caused by the interposition of the moon between the earth and sun, and therefore it must happen when the moon is in conjunction with the sun, or at new...