Picture No | 10269813 |
Date | December 12th 1881 |
Description | The astronomers waiting for the eclipse |
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The eclipse expedition in India to observe the total eclipse of the sun. Mr. Norman Lockyer is shown seated a little to the left beneath the umbrella, Captain Maclear is shown standing on one of the packing cases, observing the sun through a spectroscope.
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Source | The Illustrated London News, January 20th 1872 page 61 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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