The main body of the engraving is a table, with timings for London, of how the eclipse will appear as it crosses the Earth from the Pacific, over California, Mexico, Canada, the Atlantic, Ireland, Cornwall and France before ending with sun set over Mantua.

Two large diagrams show the appearance of the Eclipse at London at the beginning and end; four smaller diagrams show how it would appear at Quebec, Boston, Jamestown and Bermuda.