Instructions For Observing The Total Solar Eclipse Of July 29 1878

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Excerpt from Instructions for Observing the Total Solar Eclipse of July 29, 1878 The following suggestions are intended to direct the attention of persons who may witness the total solar eclipse of J uly.29, and who may desire to cc-operate with the United States Naval Observatory, to some of the phenomena which, in the present state of science, it is most desirable should be carefully observed on that occasion. In writing these suggestions, much assistance has been derived from the instruo tions issued to the government eclipse expeditions sent out by various nations during the last ten years; and free use has also been made of the reports of these expeditions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Reports involving the January 11, 1880 total eclipse begin on page 395 of this document.